- Couple swept out to sea in walking along rocks near the town of Biarritz
- The woman is still missing and rescuers are searching for her
- The man was in the sea for 20 minutes before being rescued
Caught: A video has captured the horrifying moment a couple were swept out to sea after a huge wave to crashed down on them
The pair were walking along the treacherous sea front on Sunday near the town of Biarritz, south west France at the weekend when they were dragged out to sea.
The man was in the water for 20 minutes before he was saved, but rescuers have been unable to find the woman who is in her thirties.
The moment the wave struck was caught on video by a witness and sent to French TV station TF1.
It shows the huge waves crashing into the rocks before the pair were swept out to sea as they walked along rocks near the lighthouse at Biarritz.
The area is known for being dangerous and walkers are strongly advised to avoid, according to Le Parisien.
Terrifying: The pair were walking along the treacherous sea front on Sunday near the town of Biarritz, south west France at the weekend when they were dragged out to sea
One of the men manages to scramble to safety running up the steps on the pathway.
But two remaining walkers are both dragged out to sea and can be seen bobbing around in the water, before another wave submerges them.
Their walking companion who has just escaped is evidently in shock and in the clip the cameraman filming the terrfying scene shouts out to him: 'Your friends, they are in the water. Call the police quickly, don't mess around.'
One witness named Nicolas recounted what happened on Monday to BFM TV, reports The Local.
'We called out to them to tell them to go back. It was too dangerous. But they do not hear us with the sound of the wind and the waves. Then a big wave came and they went over the railings. '
The man was found in the water after 20 minutes and taken to hospital. Despite a helicopter search the missing woman has not been found.
Does anyone else find this "journalism" atrocious? I didn't even get the lowest level of English qualification at school, but this is practically illiteracy.
An extremely short article, yet the author (if we can call it that) manages to mention "swept" or "dragged" out to sea twelve times! The huge wave is referred to eight times, We're told that the woman is still missing three times. Most of the "story" is repetition, and the editor hasn't even bothered to check it, for example: "a couple were swept out to sea after a huge wave to crashed down on them".
This article tells us that three people were walking along the seafront in Biarritz when a huge wave pulled two of them into the sea. Someone videoed it all, and tried to warn them but they could not hear him. One of the two, a man, was rescued 20 minutes later but a woman is still missing. That's all it says. I think they are having to fill out their stories to fill their crappy paper up, which is difficult because their owners don't want them to print most of the news that really concerns us.
All the real journalists have had enough of working for mainstream media and are either freelancing or doing something else now, which just leaves a few brain-dead zombies who managed to blunder their way through "media studies", which they chose from the prospectus because they already knew how to pronounce it.
What I want to understand is why the majority of people read this crap when there is so much better available.