Israeli surfer saves three teens, police searching for fourth

14-year-old Yehuda Bilog went missing on Wednesday at Hakshatot Beach in Ashdod. Police are searching for him and his parents refuse to leave the beach.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rescue forces searching for 14-year-old Yehuda Bilog who went missing at the sea in Ashdod, June 4, 2020. (photo credit: FLASH90)
Rescue forces searching for 14-year-old Yehuda Bilog who went missing at the sea in Ashdod, June 4, 2020.
(photo credit: FLASH90)
Shay Avishar was running along Hakshatot Beach in Ashdod on Wednesday when he saw a group of teenagers suffering acute distress in the water.
He borrowed a surfboard and was able to rescue two girls and a boy who were on the verge of drowning. The group was unknowingly attempting to swim against the current.
But a fourth teenager, 14-year-old Yehuda Bilog, is still missing. Beach police are conducting intense searches to find him. His parents refuse to leave the beach until he is found, News 13 reported on Thursday.

“I want him back. He is our only son, we waited 16 years to bring him into this world,” his mother said.
The other teenagers told Avishar that Bilog was missing, but after trying to search for the boy, the surfer was unable to find him.
Avishar told them to call the police and kept looking for Bilog for roughly 40 minutes before beach police arrived.
Speaking to News 13 on Thursday evening, the three rescued teenagers implored the public not to enter the water without a lifeguard present.
In late May, Arab-Israeli dancer Ayman Safiah drowned while saving his friend's life by pushing her out of the water, but was unable to save himself.


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