Never witnessed such horrific incident, say first responders

Among those crying for help, there were three to four foreigners, he said.”We tried to save as many people as possible,” Bamane said, adding they rescued about 20-25 persons, who were later transferred to naval boats that arrived at the scene.With 18 years of boat driving experience, Bamane said he had witnessed small rescue operations before but Wednesday’s incident was the most horrific and tragic.”This is the biggest rescue operation that I have seen so far,” he said.Iqbal Gothekar, the driver of a small tourist boat, told PTI that 25 to 30 minutes after his boat departed from the Elephanta Island at 3. 35 pm, he learned about the incident and was one of the first to reach the accident site.



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