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Boy, 10, Rescued Off Oliva Coast Hospitalized With Severe Hypothermia as Separate Navarrés Search Continues

Drift simulations guided a coordinated air-sea response to locate the child offshore.

Overview

  • The 10-year-old vanished around 5:30 p.m. near Mitja Galta beach in Oliva and was located late Saturday floating about 400 meters from the coast.
  • A Salvamento Marítimo helicopter crew recovered him unconscious, reanimated him, and airlifted him to Hospital La Fe, where he remains with a reserved prognosis for severe hypothermia.
  • Emergency authorities requested maritime assets shortly before 7 p.m., and Salvamento Marítimo reports using three ocean‑current drift simulations to focus the search area.
  • Roughly 80 personnel from local police, regional firefighters and forest brigades, Guardia Civil maritime and canine units, and volunteers mounted coordinated land, air, and sea searches.
  • In a separate operation on Sunday, teams are searching a forested area of Navarrés for a 12-year-old with Down syndrome, deploying the GERA helicopter, drones, Guardia Civil units, and multiple brigades.