A Pretoria family that was on holiday in Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape are devastated after one of their members, Beyers Coetzee, went missing while he was helping his friends whose kayak capsized.
The Coetzee family and friends reportedly went to Eastern Cape in the middle of last week and were going to return to Pretoria on Sunday 21 March.
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As per News24, his broken-hearted sister-in-law Daniella Coetzee explained what had happened.
“He was waiting with some of his friends’ children on the shore on Saturday. Two of the guys went out to sea on a kayak. They watched as the guys were riding the kayak into the sea, and it capsized. The two men fell into the water. As I understand it, Beyers saw that, and he rushed into the sea and swam to the kayak,” she said.
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The kayak that Beyers was using to help his friends reportedly also turned over and he fell into water.
“The kids who were standing on the beach all saw what happened, and they didn’t see him come up again,” she added.
Sources – News24
