Maldives, the Finnish Rescuer on the Dead Divers: "The Bodies Were Among the Sharks. Cold Blood? Experience, Not Courage"

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We did not save lives, unfortunately. We helped bring those victims back to their families. This, for us, was the goal that counted. Patrik Grönqvist, 54 years old Finnish diver, tells Corriere della Sera the expedition to the marine cave of Dhekunu Kandu, to the Maldives, where the bodies of Monica Montefalcone, daughter Giorgia Sommacal, Federico Gualtieri and Muriel Oddenino were recovered. Together with Sami Paakkarinen and Jenni Westerlund,…

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Patrik Gr nqvist, 54 years old, with Sami Paakkarinen and Jenni Westerlund composed the team called by Dan Europe, called to bring back to the surface the bodies of Monica Montefalcone, of his...

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Interview with Patrik Grönqvist, one of the three Finnish divers who entered the cave to recover the bodies, highlights the "cold blood" of his companions in the rescue Read

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Interview with Patrik Grönqvist, one of the three Finnish divers who entered the cave to recover the bodies

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Ferrara, June 3rd 2026 - I am well aware of the two faces of the abysses, the colors that enchant the coral, those tunnels that seem to call the song of the sirens, an invitation to go further, where perhaps a few have arrived. I have taken tourists to visit the depths of the seas for more than ten years. All over the world, Egypt, Maldives, Thailand. I was diving for the sub Ferrara group. I was coordinating the diving and driving the boat trip…