TV doctor Michael Mosley's family 'holds on to hope'
Search efforts for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley have finished for another day on the Greek Island of Symi as his wife vows to “not lose hope”.
Volunteers and emergency workers continued to search a mountainous part of the island on Saturday after the 67-year-old TV personality disappeared during a walk on Wednesday.
His wife, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, said she and her children had been having the “longest and most unbearable days” since his disappearance.
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Greek authorities shifted their focus to the area after CCTV footage from a house at the edge of the village of Pedi showed the presenter walking towards a mountain path at about 2pm local time on Wednesday.
New footage released on Saturday also appeared to show Mosley walking unimpeded with an umbrella near to the marina.
Mosley’s four children have joined their mother on Symi to help with the search efforts.
In a statement shared on Saturday, his wife said the family would not lose hope.
“The search is ongoing and our family are so incredibly grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael”, she said.
The mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas, has vowed to continue the extensive search operation - which has involved police, firefighters with drones, Greek Red Cross workers, divers, a search dog and a helicopter operating in dangerous conditions and high temperatures - until he is found.
The mayor said the area where Mosley is believed to have travelled through is “difficult to pass” and is “only rocks”, as well as being populated by “loads” of snakes.
Mr Papakaloudoukas said he hoped Mosley would be found “safe and alive”, adding: “All the community is so sad about this, (it has) never happened before.”
On Friday, the mayor’s daughter Mika Papakalodouka told the PA news agency that “a lot of” island residents had joined the search using their own boats to find the British national.
“It’s such a small island to get lost on. It’s so weird for us. Everybody is worried and looking for him.”
A woman reported seeing Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2 diet and for his appearances on The One Show and This Morning, in the Pedi area on Wednesday.
