Mexico City, Mexico.- This Sunday, April 16, Aris Arias Batalla, head of Operations and Relief, Aquatic Safety at the Cuban Red Cross in Santiago de Cuba confirmed the death of three youths during the last week
“Yesterday, Saturday, April 15, there were two losses of human life, one on the French beach (Héctor Luis B. Granda, 19 years old) and on the Siboney beach at 5:00 pm (Yaser Medina Ramírez , 22 years old) ”, he communicated.
“Last Monday, the 10th of the month and current year (April 2023), a teenager lost his life doing underwater fishing work when he got entangled in a fishing net in the limits of the Galeota area surrounding Siboney beach” he added about the third case.
“Three adolescents, young people, whatever the causes and motives, it is unfortunate and sad for everyone, especially for their family and friends to whom I express my most sincere condolences and condolences.” Arias recalled that the sea, oceans, and beaches are not our habitat as a species. So there are many risks and vulnerabilities.
The provincial head of Operations and Relief insisted that prevention is the effective formula to reduce or minimize these unfortunate accidents where 90% are adolescents and young people.
Last November, the official press confirmed that a minor lost his life after being swept away by the waves on the Havana boardwalk. While another child was rescued in time.
The latest official data on drowning deaths in Cuba are from 2019, when the World Health Organization compiled figures from around the world for a report. That year 262 people died in Cuba.
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