It had been well over half an hour since his friend Tom had descended into a mysterious underwater hole to look for their other friend, Michael. He shook his head, signalling to Frolec that Michael was still lost and, by now, probably dead. When Frolec told them Michael had gone back to the cave to look for them, panic set in. The sun had set and the sky above was midnight blue when Frolec and Tom put on their wetsuits. The Czech consul in Croatia was calling to tell her that her boyfriend had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2026 15:01 UTC