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Government official swims 12 hours to shore after helicopter crash off Madagascar: "My time to die hasn't come yet"

The helicopter was flying Serge Gelle and others to inspect the site of a deadly shipwreck off the northeastern coast.

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The helicopter was flying Serge Gelle and others to inspect the site of a deadly shipwreck off the northeastern coast.

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  • A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island’s northeastern coast, authorities said.
  • A search was still ongoing for two other passengers after the crash Monday, whose cause was not immediately clear, police and port authorities said.
  • pic.twitter.com/sP2abwTMwB — Ministère de la Défense Nationale Madagascar (@MDN_Madagascar) December 21, 2021"My time to die hasn’t come yet," says the general, adding he is cold but not injured.
  • The helicopter was flying him and the others to inspect the site of a shipwreck off the northeastern coast on Monday morning.
  • A rescue team “found the helicopter wreck on the seabed,” Madagascar’s Ministry of National Defense tweeted.