Saudi Doctor Jumps Into Waterfall to Save Son in Switzerland

In a sad incident, Dr. Abdullah Al-Anzi was unable to save his son Abdulaziz from drowning in the Giessbach Falls on Lake Brienz in Switzerland last week, as they were on a recreational trip that turned tragic after their deaths in front of his wife and daughter.

In the details, Dr. Abdullah Al-Anzi was with his two-year-old son on the edge of the waterfall rocks in the southern Swiss Alps, where the child's foot slipped and he fell amidst the severe floods. The father could not control himself, so he jumped in an attempt to save his son in front of his daughter and wife, who collapsed in tears, until the police arrived to continue the search for the missing, until the father's body was found.

Death of a Saudi and his child

In the details conveyed by Dr. Amer Al-Anzi, the brother of the deceased, that after his brother and son fell into the waterfall, the Saudi embassy in Switzerland was contacted and they followed up on the matter, until the father's body was found two days later and transferred to Saudi Arabia, and the search for the child's body is still ongoing through the security authorities until now.

Search using aircraft

The Swiss newspaper Swissinfo.ch reported: "A family was out for a walk with two young children, when a child and his father fell into the Giessbach Falls, according to the Bern Canton Police, for reasons that have not yet been clarified.. The report was received and after the alarm was raised, rescue services began a large-scale search, and several helicopters and boats were used to search for the missing, but no success has been achieved so far.

A reporter from the Blick newspaper was nearby at the time of the accident, saying: "The mother was in a state of complete shock." The woman kept screaming: "Where can I find my family?"