
The family of 18-year-old Anri Kashniku, who drowned yesterday in Durrës after saving his minor brother and a friend from the waves, has opened the mortuary doors.
The residents of the area where the young man's family lives and their relatives went to the Kashniku family's apartment to express their condolences and in a statement to the journalist Klodiana Haxhiaj, they told the details of how the incident happened.
The 18-year-old was engaged in sports activities, after training with the second team of Teuta of Durrës. All the neighbors consider him a hero for the act he performed, saving his 13-year-old brother and his close friend, who is his neighbor, from drowning.
From the testimony of a neighbor, it was learned that Anri Kashniku had just finished secondary education, while a few days ago he had celebrated his graduation night.
"He did a great heroism. He saved his own brother and another boy, who is an only boy, he has neither brother nor sister", says a neighbor of the Kashniku family.
Meanwhile, another neighbor tells how they found out the terrible news: "They told me on the phone that they were on the beach and they told us that there were three people left in the sea."
A neighbor describes him as a wise boy and that he graduated from high school this year.
"Wise, loving, he didn't talk to anyone. Hero boy who saved his brother and a neighbor. He died for himself. We are experiencing a very big drama. He finished his matura this year", she says to the journalists.
"We feel sorry for him. It's a serious pain", says another.