A walker swept away by a wave, Monday on the beach Labenne (Landes), was missing in the evening, despite the displacement of large relief having tried in vain to find it. Two young friends, 20 and 21 years, from Saint-André de Seignanx, were swept to 16 hours by a wave as they walked a dog. One managed to get out of the water by its own means. Very shocked and in a state of hypothermia, she was hospitalized at the University Hospital of Bayonne. The youngest is in turn failed to get out of the water and was carried off by the seas in water at 7 ° C. According to the local quotiden Southwest, the animal also was carried away by the waves. According to police, the swell was very strong on Monday afternoon at the height of the high tide of a high coefficient of 88. On the spot, police, firefighters and divers, who were assisted by two helicopters from Biarritz and the military base in Cazaux, had to interrupt their research at dusk, around 19:30. "At this time of year, it absolutely must not walk on the beaches," said Mayor Labenne, Jean-Luc Delpuech.