PHUKET: Two boys drowned yesterday in a canal in Phang Nga, north of Phuket, because they couldn't swim and a potential rescuer also couldn't swim.
Wachiramongkon Nur-On, aged seven, and Tosaporn Kongyot, 10, were last seen alive playing by the Marui canal in Tabpud district about 5pm.
It's possible, police believe, that the boys misjudged the amount of water in the canal. At some points, the level is low enough for wading, but at other points, it was still quite deep.
A fisherman who saw the boys in the water was a non-swimmer and unable to help so he had to run to attract the attention of neighboring residents who pulled the lifeless bodies from the canal.
Wachiramongkon Nur-On, aged seven, and Tosaporn Kongyot, 10, were last seen alive playing by the Marui canal in Tabpud district about 5pm.
It's possible, police believe, that the boys misjudged the amount of water in the canal. At some points, the level is low enough for wading, but at other points, it was still quite deep.
A fisherman who saw the boys in the water was a non-swimmer and unable to help so he had to run to attract the attention of neighboring residents who pulled the lifeless bodies from the canal.
Poor kids, unneeded lost of children life, if just family are better looking after kids of that age.
Children of that age are not able to see/estimate danger.
As family life in Thailand is so important, well, what to say, just R.I.P. Very sad.
Posted by Kurt on December 14, 2015 20:28