(Dutch newspaper, translation below image.)


After the interrogation Merrel and the rescued boy walk out of the policestation, where the father of the boy is waiting. "Hey little one, make something good of your life." Merrel advises the boy. His dad turns around. "I said: "Yes sir, make sure your son does his best for school well and makes something out of his life. My boyfriend died for your son." That father looked me in the eye, shrugs, turns around and then walks away."


Fucking shit ... That man died in a river that mouths out to the ocean. Living there, I know, as everyone else, that it's one of the most dangerous spots around the country to swim in. The boy went in with some friends to swim there and while the others got out in time, he had to clamp himself to a pole that stood out in the water (current got a hold of them). When Ramsis (the guy who tried to rescue him and died because of that) heared the 12y.o scream, he ofcourse dove right in to the water. He got pulled underwater by a strong current (while his gf was watching and calling the alarm number), and was found last night (he got lost on thursday, so thats 4 days) and that was it. The boy was rescued by a boat, that even went straight over the point where Ramsis was last seen to go under. He left behind a son himself, who's 11 yo.