Andri's close friend has a hard time digesting his death: "It's hard to understand that he's gone"

The tragedy in Eilat: Friends and family members are still having trouble digesting the death of the 50-year-old diver Andrey Freiberg, who drowned last night in the southern city . Amit Zeevi, Andrey's friend, shared on his Facebook account about the painful feelings, and told a little about the person Andrey was.

Amit wrote in pain: "It is hard to understand that he is gone. A good man who volunteered and cared for others. He was so happy and proud of his new job. I already miss my dear friend." Many responded to the emotional post, and also shared a little about Andrey. Most of them mentioned what a big heart he had, and others about the immense joy he always had.

"Indigo" diving and sea center also says goodbye to Andrey: "With great sadness we say goodbye to Andrey, a friend and regular diver at the club, Andrey was an amazing man with an extraordinary personality, we will always remember his love for the sea, his smile and desire to help us all. May his memory be blessed."

The tragedy happened last night, when the marine police in Eilat rescued Andri from the water when he was unconscious. After that, he was brought to a meeting with MDA teams at the Electric Coast in the city, and medics and paramedics gave him medical treatment on the spot, when in the end he was pronounced dead.

MDA paramedic, Yohai Deri, said: "We joined the electric beach with a marine police boat that rescued the diver who was unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing. We were told that he dived to a depth of tens of meters, got into trouble and a diver who was with him called for help. We gave him medical treatment and performed prolonged resuscitation operations, but his condition was critical and in the end we had to pronounce him dead."

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