Mark Burton, NSRI Gordon’s Bay station commander, said that the NSRI volunteer duty crew immediately launched the rescue craft Douglas Murray, and the SA Police Services, the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services and the Metro Red Cross AMS helicopter responded.

On arrival on-scene it was determined that the husband and wife had been fishing from a rocky outcrop at Rooi Els. It appears that the husband, a 40 year old male from Lotus River, may have fallen and drowned. His body was recovered onto the rocks by an NSRI rescue swimmer.

The 38 year old wife of the deceased man, suffering from severe shock, was guided to safety over the rocky shore by an NSRI and Metro Rescue team.

The body of the deceased man has been recovered from the scene and handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services and the SA Police Services.

The deceased man’s wife is in the care of Police Trauma Counsellors.