An 18-year-old hockey player tragically drowned while swimming in the sea with two friends.
Natan Stranz reportedly panicked after realising he could no longer touch the seabed.
High waves quickly overwhelmed him, and he was unable to swim back to shore on Monday (18 Aug) evening.
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His friends reached the shore and called rescuers, but by then Natan had already been pulled under the water.
As of the last update yesterday (21 Aug), his body had still not been found.
Search efforts around Władysławowo, on Poland’s Baltic Sea coast, are ongoing, as reported by Need To Know.
Natan was a schoolboy and a former Poland U16 national field hockey team player.
His club, UKH Start 1954 Gniezno, described him as “our friend, player, pillar of the team, and the biggest fan of our club”.
“It is hard to believe what has happened, and even harder to put into words – no words can capture the pain of losing such a wonderful person,” the club added.
Natan was from the Wielkopolska region and is survived by his parents, Magdalena and Jakub Stranz.
Jakub is the coach of UKH Start 1954 Gniezno and a former player.
The club asked for prayers that Natan’s body may be returned to his family as soon as possible, “so they can give their son a dignified farewell”.
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