Partner of drowned Gert (52) testifies after a fatal snorkeling tour: “He had seen something in the water, but suddenly did not come up anymore”

What should have been a relaxing holiday with twelve friends in Guadeloupe has turned out on a drama. When Gert De Spiegeleer (52) noticed a little deep into the water while snorkeling, he swam to it, but he never came up again. Since then, every trace of the East Flemish, father of three sons. “The water was turbulent, but Gert felt good in the sea.” I keep swimming, “that’s the last thing he said to me,” his partner Sophie testifies for the first time.

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