Tragic Start to Easter as Four Drown and One Missing

Tragic Start to Easter as Four Drown and One Missing
Trainee members of the Garie Vanguard Surf Life Saving group paddle out during a mock ocean rescue at Garie Beach in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 24, 2019. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Four people are dead and there are grave fears for a fifth who remains missing after being swept out to sea in a spate of drowning tragedies at the start of the Easter long weekend.

Emergency workers were called to a beach near San Remo, 125 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, on April 18 morning after reports three people were washed into the water.