kizzy27: Sad as Tina was on the news here last night the lifeguards who pulled the three bodies from the water were all in tears it has shaken the whole community & beyond .The life guard said the father shane didnt hesitate he just yelled help then dived in 25 feet into the sea , another man jumped in to save them he survived barely sad as ...
sorrow for all
R.I.P
Kizzy
Unfortunately such things happen all too often.
When I was a kid one of my mates and his friend won one of the highest commendations for bravery in peace time there is.
They were fishing at the wharf in Port Hedland when a kid fell over into the harbour. His Dad jumped straight in to save him as I think most fathers would. They got caught up in underwater cables and Shane and his friend also jumped in. They were able to rescue the son though even though he tried for 20 minutes he was unable to rescue the father.
The divers who retrieved the body said there was no way they would have attempted it without diving gear.
The wharf in Hedland is in a tidal creek with a 7-8 metre tide difference and zero visibility. When they were trying to get the father out the tide was on it's way out and flows so fast you cannot swim against it.
He was 14 at the time.
Sad to say I have also seen families go through the anguish of loosing children as a result of auto mobile accidents when the children that died were the only ones in the vehicle not wearing seatbelts, but the parents were OK because they were strapped in. I regularly see people driving around without their kids restrained and I feel like going up and giving them a smack in the head and saying that if they don't love their kids maybe they should give them to someone else who will.