The bodies of two siblings who drowned while swimming in the sea were found in Thanh Hoa

Information from the People’s Committee of Hai Thanh ward (Nghi Son town, Thanh Hoa) said that functional forces had found the bodies of two brothers in a family drowned in the sea.

Currently, the authorities are carrying out procedures to hand over the victim’s body to the family for burial.

The functional forces found the bodies of two missing brothers and handed them over to their families to take care of the aftermath.

Before that, around 3pm on May 16, a group of 7 students from 10-14 years old all in Hai Thanh ward invited each other to the beach in Tan Xuyen neighborhood, Hai Thanh ward to play soccer, then invited each other to go swimming.

When the children were bathing, the sea was rough and the waves were so big that Bui Chi T. (10 years old) was swept away by the water. After that, Bui Chi D. (13 years old, brother of T.) rushed to rescue, both brothers were swept away by the waves.

Immediately after the incident, the family and local authorities organized a search and rescue operation. Due to the large waves and rough sea, the search was difficult.

At the coast, the locality has mobilized the police, militia, border guards, local people and their families, with the number of over 150 people participating in the search along the beach from the foot of Do Xuyen mountain to the blow mountain. and cliffs of Do Xuyen mountain to Lach Bang estuary and coastal communes/wards down to Nghi Son commune.

After 2 days of searching, around 3 am on May 18, Bui Chi T’s body was found by functional forces about 700-800m from the scene. At 11 a.m. on the same day, the body of Bui Chi D. was also found not far away.