"We believe your son Max is missing."

What kind of nonsense is that? Missing? How long do you have to

be gone before someone reports you missing?

On the night of May 11-12, 2020, Marjolein Hartman is told that her son Max is one of five surfers who died off the coast of Scheveningen-in a freak display of natural forces. They suffocated in a thick layer of foam that had formed just offshore due to a sudden shift in wind. The tragedy shocks the nation and makes international headlines.

Utterly ...