Siamese Stories
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issue 2 73
7 March 2014
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A picnic on the beach to celebrate graduating turned into a seaside
nightmare for a group of nearly three hundred Thai students on Monday.
Three girls died of drowning in the incident - one female student died at
the scene while two others died as they were taken to hospital. A fourth
was put in intensive care, along with five others who were taken to Hua
Hin Hospital.
The victims were all from Siam Dhurakit Technolocal College, police
confirmed. The students were said to be preparing for a party in the evening,
while 11 of them decided to go swimming in the sea, but encountered
particularly strong waves. The alert went out at around 2.50pm on Monday
3rd March and the nine affected students dragged out of the sea by police
and other helpers.
The students were at the Naresuan Camp between Cha Am and Hua Hin for
their celebrations. The bodies of the deceased have now been transferred
to Bangkok for religious ceremonies and have been identified by the police
as Ms. Ponnapa Boonchanta, Ms. Jirapon Namueangsap, and Ms. Monsicha
Jaisuk, all believed to be just 18 years old. Students who survived the ordeal
were also preparing to return to the capital as well.
Our thoughts are with the families, friends and witnesses of this horrible
accident, and hopefully this tragedy will make more people aware of the
dangers the sea can present, as well as encouraging more to learn how to
swim and how to handle situations like this. The sea can overwhelm even
the most powerful swimmers but they are less likely to panic when in these
type of incidents.
Our thanks go to Jim Kelly for informing us of this news.
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