Rescue groups desperately looking for lacking Mail columnist Dr Michael Mosley are focusing their search on a harmful cave complicated generally known as The Abyss.
Their efforts within the community of caverns and ‘infinite’ underwater tunnels, yesterday discovered no hint of the TV medic, however his spouse has vowed the household will ‘not lose hope’ of discovering him.
Talking yesterday for the primary time since her husband’s mysterious disappearance, Clare Bailey spoke powerfully of the ‘longest and most insufferable days for myself and my kids’.
Greek police yesterday launched new CCTV footage of Dr Mosley taken on Wednesday afternoon, the day he vanished on the island of Symi.
He was carrying an umbrella to guard himself from the 35C (95F) warmth and strolling purposefully in the direction of a mountain path.
New CCTV seems to point out Mail columnist Michael Mosley strolling in the direction of rocky hills from the city of Pedi on Wednesday
The well being knowledgeable, pictured along with his spouse Clare Bailey, has not been seen since he went for a stroll on the Inexperienced island of Symi
Volunteers stroll mountain paths on Symi the place Michael Mosley could have gone after disappearing on Wednesday
A rescue helicopter joined the search yesterday, seen right here hovering over Pedi
In a press release yesterday Dr Bailey, 62, mentioned: ‘It has been three days since Michael left the seaside to go for a stroll. The longest and most insufferable days for myself and my kids.
‘The search is ongoing and our household are so extremely grateful to the folks of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who’re working tirelessly to assist discover Michael. We won’t lose hope.’
Dr Bailey final noticed her 67-year-old husband on the secluded St Nicholas seaside on Wednesday, when he set off to stroll to the city of Pedi from the place he was anticipated to catch a bus again to his villa within the port of Symi.
Nevertheless the CCTV footage taken in Pedi at about 2pm reveals him heading for the mountains as a substitute.
Since then – and regardless of a large search operation involving canine, drones, helicopters and divers – there was no sighting of the author and broadcaster.
Final evening, sources informed The Mail on Sunday Dr Bailey had been referred to as in once more to present rescuers additional particulars about what her husband had with him when he disappeared.
An official mentioned: ‘It has been 4 days and no hint has been discovered of him so it was simply to go over issues once more.
‘She defined he was sporting a khaki backpack and had his pockets, bottle of water and a watch, which was not a sensible watch.’
On Friday, the couple’s 4 grown-up kids travelled to Symi to hitch their mom.
They have been understood to be a part of the search occasion yesterday scouring the two-mile path from Pedi to Agia Marina, as small seaside close to The Abyss, the place rescue efforts will proceed as we speak.
To enter these treacherous caves, Dr Mosley must have swum from the Agia Marina seaside – the identical manner the coastguard and divers accessed them yesterday.
That is the image of Dr Mosley posted with an enchantment after he went lacking whereas strolling on vacation in Greece on Wednesday
A café on the island of Symi the place Dr Mosley was seen passing on CCTV footage
Reporter Nick Pisa on the pathway that Michael Mosely used to return to Pedi Seaside
Rescuers have additionally been looking out round a separate rocky path near Agia Marina, which rises throughout jagged limestone terrain and leads by an extended route again to Symi. However it’s not marked and guidebooks warn it’s a ‘technically tough’ path.
The Mail on Sunday walked a piece of this path yesterday and, though manageable, it could definitely be exhausting work underneath a fierce solar.
One member of the search staff who we encountered mentioned: ‘We have now footage of him going this manner from the final home in Pedi.
‘It is a tough stroll at the perfect of occasions and shouldn’t be executed between 11am and 5pm. We expect he was right here throughout the hottest a part of the day, at 2pm.’
Rescuers are involved for Dr Mosley’s welfare due to the harmful warmth and described the hunt as a ‘race towards time’ with each minute invaluable.
All boats have been requested to maintain an eye fixed out for him within the water and in an indication of how urgently they have been treating the scenario, firefighters who had been tackling blazes on the close by island of Kos have been transferred to Symi after bringing the flames underneath management.
On the purpose-built Agia Marina, seaside, workers informed The Mail on Sunday police had requested to examine their CCTV.
One worker mentioned: ‘I am fairly sure I might have remembered a person with an umbrella however nobody got here this manner dressed like that.
‘It is a climb to the highest of the mountain, you then stroll down and it climbs once more earlier than you meet a highway taking you into the city. It will take about an hour, hour and a half most.
‘There may be nothing between right here and Symi other than stones, extra stones and sheep and goats. It is all uncovered and I would not attempt to stroll it on this warmth.’
Search groups have been fanning out throughout the Greek island of Symi, an unspoilt paradise within the Dodecanese islands off the coast of Rhodes
Rescuers proceed the search as Michael’s spouse Dr Clare Bailey declared ‘we won’t lose hope’
There are fears Michael Mosley could have turn into disoriented within the warmth and wandered off the path, though this appears unlikely as it’s clearly marked. Pictured: Rescuers on the path
The unforgiving limestone terrain is described in guidebooks as a ‘desert mountains scape with a lot of the trail ‘stony to very stony underfoot’
Symi’s mayor Lefteris Papakalodoukas mentioned: ‘We all know he got here by means of Pedi after which walked onwards in the direction of Agia Marina, it’s about two miles and a more durable stroll than from St Nicholas.
‘However then we do not know if he reached Agia Marina or if he determined to climb over the mountain… however that path is tough.
‘Just a few locals realize it and though it’s marked you may simply get misplaced and it is not sensible do stroll it in the midst of the afternoon in temperatures approaching 40C. If he did attempt to stroll that option to Symi then that could be a huge mistake.
‘There are additionally many troubling questions right here. Why did he depart the seaside and his spouse and associates? Why did he not take his phone?
‘From the CCTV footage it is also clear he did not cease for a drink in Pedi or take a relaxation. He appeared to be strolling very determinedly. Absolutely it could have been higher for him to cease and have a espresso or some water – however, no, he determined to hold on.’
An area restaurant proprietor, who requested to be named solely as Nikos mentioned: ‘It is very unusual what has occurred, the place has he gone to?
‘It is solely a small island and he was sporting brilliant garments. The fireplace brigade, police and coastguard have been trying to find three days and located nothing.
‘They’ve had a drone up and seen nothing and so they have used thermal photographs as effectively.’
Yesterday, for the primary time in 36 hours, a hearth brigade helicopter joined the search because it flew over the mountain monitor the place Dr Mosley was thought to have headed.
Swooping low above the terrain it criss-crossed a number of occasions earlier than heading again to its base on the close by island of Rhodes.
Dr Mosley – well-known for BBC programmes together with Belief Me, I am A Physician and The One Present in addition to a Radio 4’s Simply One Factor. – was final thought to have visited Symi eight years in the past and was staying with associates in a villa within the centre of Symi port.
