Overview
- Firefighters confirmed the recovery of 14-year-old Fabio William Macedo Flores on Thursday morning after he vanished near Copacabana's Posto 2.
- Fishermen spotted the body in Lagoa de Cima in Campos dos Goytacazes around 8:50 a.m., and authorities transported it to the legal medicine institute for examination.
- The teenager had been on an inflatable mattress with his father when heavy surf overturned it; the father reached shore and was rescued.
- Between December 31 and January 1, firefighters reported 631 rescues on the beaches of Copacabana and Leme, and four missing children were reunited with their families.
- Emergency teams also rescued a man in Ipanema who was taken in serious condition to Hospital Miguel Couto, as officials warned of waves up to 2.5 meters and persistent rip currents despite the formal alert ending.