A man who has been missing since Monday on Hamburg's Elbe beach was recovered dead from the river on Saturday. Passengers of a passenger ship had discovered the lifeless man in the water and alerted the fire brigade.
Eyewitnesses had observed on Monday how the 38-year-old had climbed into theWater and suddenly sunk. The search had been unsuccessfully stopped after several hours after several divers and helicopters were deployed near the restaurant "Strandperle" Initially, bild.de had reported on the discovery of the body.