In Kamchatka rescuers removed the child from the ice, which carried away into the ocean
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, 15 Feb — RIA Novosti. Employees of inspection on small size vessels in the town of Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka, rescued a schoolboy who was carried away on an ice floe in the ocean, informs the regional Glaucus MOE.
The Department explained that the students were walking in the area of the pier, which is located on the shore of the Bay of Krasheninnikov. One of the children — a fourth grader — jumped on the ice, which was carried from the shore.
We arrived to the scene about 15 minutes after I found out about the incident. By this time the boy was about 150 metres from the shore. Quickly launched the inflatable boat on visualexams Marcusoverhagen Vilyuchinsky inspection of the site GIMS of EMERCOM of Russia in Kamchatskiy Krai
According to him, the rescuers reached the baby in a few minutes and put him in the boat. Emergency workers gave the student the paramedics, but the medical help it needed.
“The tragedy was avoided thanks to a clear and, most importantly, the timely actions of the employees of EMERCOM of Russia”, — said acting head of EMERCOM of Russia in Kamchatskiy Krai Yury Kartashev.
He added that the Krasheninnikov Bay in the winter completely freezes from time to time to the Bank in the area of the pier brings an individual ice floes that when the direction of wind can blow towards the ocean.
Rescuers urged parents to spend with children additional conversations about the dangers of going out on the ice.