The lifeless body of Yannick Specks was found late Thursday evening. His family had not heard from him since Wednesday evening. "He left his home in a quad to join his daughter who was stranded at home in Olne", testifies a friend of the victim.
This one, in fact, had launched a call on Facebook on Wednesday morning: "We have been stuck on the 2nd floor since yesterday, it is becoming urgent! Too much current to be able to swim across."
"In a quad, he took the road to the Vesdre valley", continues the friend. "It was there, on the Nationale between Trooz and Chaudfontaine, that we found him this Thursday, late in the evening."
A few hours before this tragic discovery, the daughter of Yannick Specks announced that she had been evacuated and launched an appeal: "My dad remains nowhere to be found."
Aged 52, Yannick Specks was from Ensival: "A discreet, courageous man, always ready to help", describes his friend.
The 50-year-old was a technical director in a construction company.
His family is obviously in shock. We send him our most sincere condolences.