Tragic Incident: Man Drowned While Trying to Take the Ferry from Athens to Crete

Athens, September 7, 2023 – He was trying to take the ferry from Athens to Cretebut the crew refused to let him on board pushing it into the water. The man, a 36 year old, is drowned, after being trapped in the vortex of the propeller. It happened last Tuesday in the port of Piraeus. The story has deeply shaken public opinion, also because the whole scene was captured in a video which immediately began to circulate sui social. In the footage, shot around 21 in the evening, the passenger by name is seen first Antonis Karyotis run onto the ‘Blue Horizon’ ferry ramp, which was still down. Then you see the crew members stop it and one of them pushes it back three times, until it falls into the water, while the ferry moves away from the quay. The passenger’s body was eventually recovered from the water and the ship was ordered to return to Piraeus after setting sail.

For the episode four people were arrested: who physically pushed the passenger with the accusation of manslaughter, two other crew members for complicity and the ship’s captain for dangerous interference with maritime traffic. “A young man died and it affected us deeply,” she said shipping company Attica Group in a press release, adding that it is launching “a broad and thorough investigation” into the incident “to ensure that our Group’s procedures and protocols are never violated by anyone again.” Meanwhile, CEO Spyros Paschalis has presented his resignation.

Relatives of the victim, talking to the newspaper Kathimerinithey said that the man suffered from mental retardation. Il minister of the merchant navy, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, explained that the passenger had bought the ticket and had boarded in time, only to get off for unspecified reasons. Varvitsiotis also said he has ordered an investigation into how port police have responded to the incident. The Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis he expressed outrage and horror at what he called a “combination of irresponsible behavior and cynicism, contempt and indifference”. “Yesterday’s shameful incident is not indicative of the kind of country we want,” she added.

2023-09-07 16:17:45
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