GREAT BAY:--- On Wednesday February 26th, 2014 at approximately 8:15pm, a phone call came into the Police Department from a family living in the Little Bay area informing them that an elderly family member who suffers from Parkinson's disease had gone missing and had not returned. This person, a seventy year old man, had left the gated premises earlier during the afternoon probably around 4:00pm. A police patrol was immediately sent to the residence in question to investigate what had taken place. After receiving all the necessary information several other police patrols, the Coast Guard and Sint Maarten Sea Rescue were mobilized to search for the elderly victim. It was after 10:00pm when the search-team from the Coast Guard spotted the victim sitting on the rocks along the Great Bay coast between Divi Little Bay Hotel and Sonesta Great Bay Hotel. Due to the sea conditions the Coast Guard could not get close enough to the shore to reach the victim. Immediately three police officers involved in the search walked along the coastline and got into the water up to the waist deep to reach the victim. The victim was in no condition to help himself. A rescuer from the Sint Maarten Sea Rescue assisted the police officers in taking the victim to a location where the victim and rescuers could get on board of the rescue vessel. The victim was then taken to the Captain Hodge's Wharf to an awaiting ambulance which immediately took him to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further treatment. Due to the good working relation and coordination by these emergency services the victim was swiftly removed from coastline and given proper medical attention.
KPSM Police Report