4 year old Chinese boy drowns at Patong Beach

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4 year old Chinese boy drowned in Patong Beach

By Phuket Gazette & The Nation

 

 

Three awful drowning tragedies in the past 24 hours.

 

A 4 year old Chinese boy, Wu Muyang, taken to hospital from Patong beach last night (September 14) after he was washed into the rough seas by a big wave near a reef.

 

The 31 year old father, Wu Yinjia, explained that he and his son were walking along Patong Beach at about 8pm last night and they sat on the reef. They were dragged by a big wave into the sea. 

 

Full story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/news/4-year-old-chinese-boy-drowned-patong-beach

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2017-09-15

 

[Thian]

They boy and his father sat on the reef?? when a big wave came and washed both of them in the sea. The father could swim to the shore where he called for help....

 

What kind of father is that???  And doesn't he know that it's dangerous on the beach of patong after dark? 

[LivinginKata]

No sense at all about the power of the sea and ocean ...

[beechbum]

And 2 others at Nai Harn.

I watched life guards a few days ago trying tell Chinese tourists where to swim, pointing out the explanation in Chinese on the red flag and via sign language, they walked to the area between the red/yellow flags then walked back to where the obvious rip was between the red flags and tried to go in again, then guards came back and a bit more aggressively(they have a lot more patients than I) told them again.

Theses people just have NFI or common sense, as a group you'd think there'd be at least one with enough grey matter to work it out,  surely if you're not at all familiar with the ocean, especially when it's very rough self preservation should kick in?

Edited September 15, 2017 by beechbum

[Psimbo]

Stupid is as stupid does. This will seem callous to some but its not rocket science.