One man is still fighting for his after being rescued from the water at a beach in Port Stephens yesterday, just north of Newcastle. The 25-year-old was swimming with his 24-year-old friend at Zenith beach when they both lost their footing in the surf. The 24-year-old died at the scene.
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00:00The community here in Port Stephens are absolutely devastated by the tragic news.
00:08A 24-year-old man died here at Zenith Beach yesterday afternoon.
00:14Now, the man was swimming here, which is an unpatrolled beach, with a friend.
00:18They were both Nepalese nationals.
00:20When they got into trouble in the water just before 3pm,
00:24it's believed a current sort of swept them off their feet
00:27and they were taken out into the water a little bit
00:30and were just struggling to get back to shore and couldn't get back to shore.
00:33And it was actually members of the community that were here on the beach
00:36that pulled both of the men from the water yesterday
00:39and commenced CPR until emergency services arrived.
00:43Now, sadly, the 24-year-old man could not be revived.
00:47However, the 25-year-old man was rushed to hospital
00:51in a critical condition where he remains.
00:54This region, Port Stephens, has seen many similar drowning incidents in recent years.
01:00In 2023, there were six beach drownings
01:03and last year we saw a man drown at Berube Beach, just south of here at Zenith Beach.
01:08Sadly, a lot of the people involved in those incidents were visitors
01:11because it's a tourist town.
01:13It gets very busy during the holidays, like it is now during the Easter school holidays.
01:17So the New South Wales Surf Life Saving just urging people,
01:21especially visitors to the region and people that may be not strong swimmers
01:24or aren't familiar with the conditions around these beaches,
01:27to always swim between the flags and swim at a patrolled beach.
01:31On the first vacation after fall, like it is dry.
01:32It's different than the coral part.
01:34And but you know, the green team
01:35here by getting to the boat.
01:36There we go.
01:37You've got the key for a dead.
01:38Epp depois
01:38there you come and pay to see what is flaws in your doll
01:42UB is a completely evil, and we're brought some in control of some of the weak
01:43place that I honestly admire them to do with now.
01:44A few moreicos on the fishes on in the natural water.
01:45There is actually a privilege
01:45for an empty beach I don't really want to be engaged,
01:49while dostough stepping up into a river pool.
01:50It's going to be how hard I've been doing while
01:52in Iowa being so unnumbered beach and we'll have a city
01:54but when you're not knowing what's going to be
01:55an apartment.
01:56Nice.