Tragic video shows fitness coaches swept to sea after failed rescue attempt
A horrific video has surfaced showing the moment a Russian fitness coach drowned trying to save the life of a woman who jumped into stormy seas.
Will Stewart
September 28, 2021 - 4:53PM
This is the horrifying moment a Russian fitness coach drowned trying to save the life of a woman who jumped into stormy seas off the coast of Spain.
Daniil Gagarin, 30, desperately sought to rescue Emma M?nkk?nen, 24, after she got into trouble in the raging waters off a resort at La Zorra cove in Torrevieja.
Watched by Daniil who was beside her, Emma ? also a fitness coach ? had jumped off the cliff in a daredevil leap.
Two fitness coaches drown in strong waves in Torrevieja, Spain, on September 23, 2021 Daniil Gagarin and Emma filmed when they managed to climb the stone before the huge wave swept them away
She swam to a rock and tried to climb out but was washed out into the cove.
Both Daniil and his wife Darya, 24, are heard shouting to her, trying to guide her to safety.
As she is tossed around, Daniil is seen jumping into the stormy sea.
Astonishingly he manages to pull them both onto the top of a rock.
Two fitness coaches drown in strong waves in Torrevieja, Spain.
But agonisingly they cannot hold on and are washed into the raging Mediterranean.
In the tragic footage, Darya is heard crying hysterically as the pair are swept into the sea.
A major search and rescue was launched and the Finnish woman?s body was found almost two miles from the cove.
The Russian man?s body was found the next day.
Emma M?nkk?nen, 24, from Finland, one of the two fitness coaches drown in strong waves in Torrevieja, Spain, on September 23, 2021.
Emma M?nkk?nen was swept away in the ocean.
Both had worked at a fitness centre at a gym in the Spanish resort.
Russian expat in Spain, Alyona Maas, hit out at ?daredevil jumps from the rocks into the abyss? as ?completely reckless?.
Daniil Gagarin, 30, one of the two fitness coaches to drown in strong waves in Torrevieja, Spain.
Darya Gagarina, wife of Daniil Gagarin, who was one of the two fitness coaches to drown in strong waves in Torrevieja, Spain. Darya was filming the tragedy
?I want to say to adrenaline lovers ? please find yourself safer activities.?