‘A lifeguard would have saved them’: man who pulled Oroklini victims from water speaks out

The father who rushed to help two women drowning off the Oroklini coast has described his rescue attempts to philenews, saying the absence of a lifeguard at the beach cost the women their lives.

Antonis Gavalas was on an inflatable boat with his six-year-old son when he realised something was wrong. He said he took a man who could not swim onto the inflatable and headed to the spot, leaving the man and his son on the breakwater before going in to reach the women....