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The spouse of lacking TV presenter Michael Mosley stated her household will “not lose hope” over the seek for the lacking presenter on the Greek island of Symi.

Speaking to the media for the primary time, Dr Mosley’s spouse Bailey Mosley stated the three full days since her husband’s disappearance had been “the longest and most unbearable days” for herself and the couple’s 4 youngsters, who arrived on the Greek island round noon on Friday to assist seek for their lacking father.

Dr Mosley was final seen on CCTV cameras heading in direction of Symi from the close by bay of Pedi, the place he left his spouse on the seashore and deliberate to stroll again to the home of mates with whom they had been staying, it’s believed.

Why the 67-year-old physician didn’t take his cell phone with him and set off round 1.30pm within the worst warmth of the day stays a supply of confusion for the island. It was 40C on Wednesday when he was final seen and has remained in mid-30C since.

After preliminary claims from the firefighters accountable for his rescue that it was “impossible” he was nonetheless on the island and should have both fallen into the ocean or left the island, the search continued in full pressure on Saturday. The police instructed The Independent that the investigation was “ongoing”.

Helicopters flew in fixed circles above the mountainous area between Symi and Pedi after it was made clear that Mosley almost certainly set off on an extended trek than initially believed.

He was seen on cafe and restaurant CCTV strolling with objective in direction of a mountainous path linking Pedi with the port of Symi on the opposite facet of the headland.

It would have added three hours to the 20-minute stroll alongside an previous goat path he was first thought to have set out on.

The man within the CCTV seen by The Independent additionally now carried an umbrella which was not seen on his particular person in footage on the different facet of the bay, sparking one idea that he had begun to really feel the warmth of the day after setting off and was trying to defend himself from blistering temperatures.

There had been early reviews that he instructed his spouse he was feeling unwell when he left her, the explanation he was going again to the home alone.

Boats scoured the shoreline of the identical space till early night on Saturday and the caves at Agios Marina, the place he was recognized to have swum, had been looked for an hour earlier within the day earlier than the warmth grew to become too sizzling for emergency companies to proceed inside them.

They then moved to the opposite facet of the headland. Small teams of specialist search groups in helmets and protecting clothes could possibly be seen slowly strolling the island’s trails. Up till now it has been a well-liked vacation vacation spot for British vacationers occupied with climbing.

In the sky above the search events, purple police helicopters whirred however fears over how a lot they might afford to remain in flight presently of yr resulting from an absence of oxygen which impacts the engines had been the trigger for additional concern. It is similar cause medical evacuation from Everest is unimaginable.

Despite the search makes an attempt seen on the mountain, the emergency companies presence within the marina space of Symi was languid and the officers on the Hellanic police headquarters beneath the clocktower sat round inside, themselves reluctant to expertise the warmth of the day.

They claimed they couldn’t touch upon what was an “ongoing investigation” however stated it “wasn’t as simple a search as it looked even though he’s wearing blue because he could have fallen on route”.

“There are lots of places he could have fallen,” stated one male police officer who declined to be named.

“We will not stop searching until the embassy in Athens tells us to stop,” he claimed, a dozen law enforcement officials sitting round behind him. “When something happens, you will know – it is a small island.”

The finish of Clare Bailey Mosley’s assertion stated: “The search is ongoing and our family are so incredibly grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael. We will not lose hope.”