Overview
- He went for a morning swim in the Baltic Sea off Graal-Müritz and did not return home as usual.
- His wife alerted emergency services, prompting a search by police, fire crews, and a rescue helicopter.
- The helicopter crew found him in the water near the local pier, and resuscitation efforts after recovery failed.
- Police report he was a regular winter swimmer, found his clothes on the beach, and are treating the incident as a bathing accident.
- Earlier this week, a 40-year-old died while ice bathing in Wismar and a man was found lifeless at the water's edge in Kellenhusen.