A Malaysian man has been rescued at sea after trying to swim to Mecca (pictured). The man has been taken to hospital after his second attempt in two weeks to swim to Islam’s holiest city. Before that, the man was barred from boarding a ferry due to coronavirus travel restrictions....
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A Malaysian man has been rescued at sea after trying to swim to Mecca (pictured).
The man has been taken to hospital after his second attempt in two weeks to swim to Islam’s holiest city.
Before that, the man was barred from boarding a ferry due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
“At about 4.55 pm yesterday, the Beach Street police station received a call from a member of the public that a man was found floating in the sea near the Tanjung City Marina jetty,” the Malay Mail reported.
Footage of the man floating at sea has since gone viral on social media.
Unfortunately, if the man had bothered to look at a map, he’d have realised Mecca is not on the ocean, but in a valley, located about 100 kilometres from the Red Sea.
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