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The 5-year-old girl who was found unconscious in the sea at Gate E8 of the port of Piraeus[/B] yesterday afternoon is fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Children's Hospital.[/B]
The child escaped the attention of her mother for an unknown reason, slipped on the pier and fell into the water. Fortunately, the captain of the boat "Agios Nektarios", which was about to depart for Aegina, saw the 5-year-old girl and alerted the Coast Guard.
He describes to protothema.gr the dramatic seconds he experienced from the bridge of his ship.
"The ship was tied up and I was on the bridge because we were leaving in 5 minutes. I saw the child in the sea but I was far away from her. He was in the water but I saw his little hands and at some point I saw him sink. I couldn't believe he was alive. Even though I was within 60 meters I was about to jump off the boat. I started to put on a life jacket to fall into the water but because I was far away I immediately informed the authorities," Apostolos Lazaridis, captain of Agios Nektarios, tells protothema.gr.
As Mr Lazaridis says, the 5-year-old girl was alone on the pier and he estimates that she slipped as she approached the water.
"The child was close to the pier. It wasn't very deep.She probably slipped but she was alone at the time, I didn't see anyone else. Then his mother came from a distance. I saw her crying and screaming," Lazaridis stresses.
A short time later, the heroic captain saw the coast guard men offering first aid to the unfortunate child and putting him in the ambulance. "I didn't believe he was alive and that he would make it. I only know that at the time he dived he was alone and couldn't swim," he adds.
It is recalled that the 37-year-old mother of the 5-year-old girl was arrested and detained for exposing a minor in danger while today she is expected to be brought to the Piraeus Public Prosecutor's Office in the context of an autopsy procedure.
Source: Proto Thema
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