Brazil Records Holiday Wave of Drownings and Rescues as Searches Continue

Overview

• In Ilhéus, Bahia, the body of a 43-year-old who entered the sea to help two children was found on December 29 after searches, while the children and another adult survived.
• On São Paulo’s coast, GBMar reported 57 bathers rescued between December 24 and 28 in the Baixada Santista with one death in Praia Grande after entry into a marked-risk area, and 48 rescues without fatalities on the Litoral Norte.
• A body recovered at sea between Governador Celso Ramos and Florianópolis is suspected to be missing swimmer Ítalo Gomes, with official identification pending by the Polícia Científica.
• Inland recoveries and active searches marked the day, with bodies found in Itápolis, Sorocaba, Jundiaí and Jaraguá, two deaths confirmed in Paraíba, and ongoing operations on the Rio Paranapanema and on Acre’s Tarauacá after a boat collision that left a 3-year-old missing.
• Successful interventions included a five-year-old revived after roughly 90 minutes of CPR in Ponta Grossa and a two-year-old stabilized in the Pantanal after family-initiated resuscitation and river transport to medical care.