Overview
- Two cousins from Abanilla set out Saturday to test a recently acquired small boat off the Alicante coast and did not return.
- Relatives alerted authorities early Sunday, prompting a coordinated operation led by Salvamento Marítimo with Guardia Civil support.
- The Sasemar 308 aircraft located the craft about 15 nautical miles off Santa Pola on Sunday and rescued a 37-year-old man alive.
- Guardia Civil and Salvamento Marítimo are continuing sea, air, and shoreline searches for the missing 36-year-old.
- A family account says the engine failed, the boat began taking on water, the missing man reportedly swam toward shore, and the survivor was treated for hypothermia before being discharged Tuesday.