Firefighters search for fishermen who disappeared in Ilhabela

The Maritime Fire Brigade (GBMar) resumed this Monday morning (22) the search for two fishermen who were missing after the vessel they were on capsized and threw them into the sea in Ilhabela, on the north coast of São Paulo, in last Friday (19). One of the fishermen was found dead on Saturday (20).

According to the Firefighters, the searches were started after the housekeeper of the property where the men were staying reported that they had left around 3pm in a small aluminum boat, and by 9pm they had still not returned to the residence.

The caretaker also reported that she heard screams from an unlit vessel at sea and, after that, saw a person on the rocks close to the coastal access to a restaurant in the south of Ilhabela.

The teams went to the location, but due to the lack of lighting and adverse sea conditions, they were unable to see anything and returned to base.

During the teams' deployment, on Saturday (20), the applicant reported that a body was seen on the coast near the residence.

Firefighters went to the reported location, where they located and removed the body of an unconscious man with no vital signs. He was sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Caraguatatuba. Firefighters later confirmed that it was Tsuyoshi Yamaguti, 65 years old, one of the boat's occupants.

On the same day, the Maritime Fire Brigade (GBMar) began the search, although very hampered due to unfavorable tide, wind and visibility conditions, to find the other two men. They were identified as Tairon de Almeida, aged 33, and Albino Yoshimassa, aged 71.

Firefighters located three backpacks and the boat's engine. The search for the two missing continues.

(*Under the supervision of Carolina Figueiredo)