Two Boys Missing

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 4 August 2007 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.

I am sorry for the late post, Today I went to Enoshima with some friends, we wanted to have a really nice day in the beach and when I arrived home I had problems to get access to my photoblog and it was really late, actually it is sunday here in Japan as you read this.

You may wonder why this photo is titled 'Two Boys Missing', well this is what happened:
"Two boys went missing Saturday while swimming near a beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, police said. They were identified as Teruki Okawauchi, 13, and Kaede Abe, 12. They went to the beach with another boy and entered the water at around 10 a.m., according to the police. While swimming near the mouth of a river, they were swept away by high waves. One boy managed to make it back to the beach and asked lifeguards for help, but as of the evening Okawauchi and Abe had not been found, police said". Source: The Japan Times

It was the first time for me to visit a beach in Japan, the waves were strong, visibility was limited (it was not possible to see clearly a vessel of the Japan Coast Guard in the open sea) and the wind was strong when we arrived to the beach. I decided only to walk around, as I was walking around I noticed when the Rescue Team and Ambulances arrived; minutes after, a helicopter and boats of the Japan Coast Guard were dispatched in order to search for the boys. When I saw them I knew something was wrong and I thought someone got missing, but had no idea about what was going on. In total around five helicopters and four boats were used during the search.
I don't know what to say, I feel really sad for what happened, my condolences to the families of the two boys.

Enoshima. August 4th, 2007.

Today I will not post the link to the site for giving a vote to my photoblog as a sign of respect for the two boys.

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