The search for a 17-year-old Mehdi Habibi, who was swept off the coast of a South Australian tourism town, has resumed today.
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00:00The search for 17-year-old Mehdi Habibi will be resuming today.
00:06His family says that they were visiting Granite Island here on Sunday for a picnic when he
00:11was swept off of the rocks.
00:13Now, Victor Harbour is a tourism town that's around 80 kilometres south of Adelaide and
00:19Granite Island here is one of the more popular local destinations.
00:23It's separated from the mainland by a causeway as well and we heard yesterday from family
00:27members of Mehdi who were here at Granite Island while the search was underway.
00:32His brother, Sahil, says that he was trying to take a photo of Mehdi when he slipped on
00:36the rocks.
00:37Now, his family have shared that they've been really worried and very scared throughout
00:41this process and a family friend says that Mehdi's family had migrated to Australia from
00:46Pakistan less than a year ago and he also said that he was known as a very caring son
00:51as well.
00:52SAPOL inspector Gene Vanninetti says that Mehdi had been washed from the rocks and was
00:57last seen in the water.
00:59He says that he was seen in distress and then disappeared from sight.
01:03Now, this search has been going on while South Australia's been facing some very tough weather
01:08like many parts across the country.
01:10There's been a lot of wind here and some rain yesterday too and SA Police says that that
01:14has been hampering the search operations due to those dangerous conditions but Jemma, SA
01:19Police say that the search will be resuming today.
01:22For more information visit www.sapd.gov.au