Thirty-six hours after a woman swimming near a beach in Japan was swept away by waves, she was rescued by search operation specialists. Writes UNN citing Agence France-Presse and CNews.
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A woman swimming near a beach in Japan was rescued 80 kilometers off the coast after drifting for 36 hours. This was reported by Japanese authorities on Thursday. The Coast Guard launched the search and rescue operation after it was informed of the Chinese woman's disappearance in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday.
It was around 7:55 p.m. July 8 when we received the information after a friend of the woman reported her missing
The rescued woman explained that she was swept away by the sea and could not return to shore because she was swimming with a rubber buoy.
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According to experts, in the area where the Chinese woman was swimming, there is a Kuroshio current, which picked up the woman. A representative of the Coast Guard confirmed that "the distance between the beach and the rescue site is 80 kilometers.
"However, we assume she was carried an even greater distance. There are many ships in the area where the woman was found. It is a miracle she was not hit by a ship," he reported.
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