“We have a witness who confirms that the man threw himself into the water,” said the captain, without being able to specify “whether it was from the lower deck of the Luís I bridge or from the cliff on the Vila Nova de Gaia side”.
At this time of year, and taking advantage of the presence of many tourists on the Ribeira do Porto and the Gaia waterfront, it's common for young people to throw themselves off the lower deck of the bridge to collect the coins they throw into the river, but Rui Lampreia doesn't know if the man was involved in this practice.
The search is being conducted by semi-rigid boats from the Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos (ISN) and the Maritime Police, as well as operatives from the Porto and Gaia Sappers and the Coimbrões Fire Brigade, he said.
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