A group of bystanders have risked their lives to rescue a young couple who had been swept into the sea from the rocky edge behind the Dutch Hospital building at the Galle Fort.
The incident was captured on video by one of the people present at the scene.
According to reports, the couple were on the rocky edge behind the Dutch Hospital at Galle Fort last evening when, suddenly, a strong wave pulled both of them into the sea.
The officer in charge of security and administration at the Dutch Hospital, who had witnessed the incident, had jumped into the sea to rescue them.
He then alerted nearby patrons at surrounding tourist establishments, who joined him in a strenuous effort to save the couple.
The rescued couple, who are residents of Ahangama and Lanumodara, were thereafter admitted to the Galle National Hospital. (Newswire)