THE partner of a man who died in a recent sea tragedy has thanked the teenage boy who tried to save him.
Lino Ferreira (45) died after he suffered a heart attack and hypothermia when he jumped into a cold sea after sunbathing two weeks ago.
His partner, Beta Velosa (42), has spoken publicly for the first time since her ‘cheeky Lino’ died. She contacted the JEP to help her meet the teenage boy who tried to save him.
Mr Ferreira, a former van driver, who was known to many as ‘Crocodile Dundee’ for his love of hats, was pulled from the sea by 14-year-old Marc Carcel at West Park.
Picture: Beta Velosa and Marc Carcel, who tried to save her partner from drowning
