Thai man, aged 70, spends eight hours under water at sand pit but survives

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Workers at a sand suction pit near the Trang River in southern Thailand wondered what had happened to their colleague Narong, 70, after he went under water to position a sand suction head. 

 

Attached to an oxygen stream he entered the water at 9 am but by 11.40 he still had not surfaced. 

 

It soon emerged he had got stuck under the water and the Sawang Phakdee Trang rescue services and a large dive team rushed to the pit. 

 

They found Narong - an experienced worker at the site - was under 5 meters of water but still alive thanks to the oxygen support line. 

 

His body from the waist down to the legs had become squashed by a large log. Though bleeding profusely he had managed to remain conscious throughout his ordeal. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Rescue workers and two divers utilizing a backhoe managed to remove the log and free him in a four hour operation.

 

He was seriously hurt but was now recovering and out of danger in Trang Hospital, reported Daily News.

 

The head of the rescue team said that during the suction process the log had someone moved and trapped Narong under the water. 

 

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[rasmus5150]

Finally some good news to end the day.

 

70 years, bleeding leg and 8 hours under water - them southerners are tough.

[jak2002003]

Is this part of the 'sandbox' thing?

 

Seriously though, that guy is tough. Hope he recovers quickly. 

 

[Tropicalevo]

He should go and buy  lottery ticket now.

Well done sir.

[Excel]

2 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

What the flock???

baaa

[Surelynot]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

he entered the water at 9 am but by 11.40 he still had not surfaced. 

......I think I might have made the effort to check he was okay well before they did???????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Attached to an oxygen stream he entered the water at 9 am but by 11.40 he still had not surfaced.

Nice to see his workmates were on the ball.

[RocketDog]

3 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

What the flock???

There are individuals on TVF who seem to haunt every forum topic and are always adversarial. They will engage in running disputes for hours if you engage with them. Better to just tune them out and never, ever reply to their posts. They always take that as a challenge.

[unblocktheplanet]

4 hours ago, Surelynot said:

......I think I might have made the effort to check he was okay well before they did???????

Good thing they kept pumping air, eh!

[Elkski]

Good thing the compressor had enough gas.  Maybe the government will make a new rule where certain tasks require a observer and Levi big fines for breaking the rules.  

[internationalism]

he suppose to have constant touch with somebody ashore, even with a string to call SOS (if not another diver with him to help in an emergency).

Probably it's only 5 minutes job to move the hose to new position.

Those 2:40h were way too long before they spotted him missing.

And 70 yo not suppose to do heavy jobs, probably should not dive at all, but supervise and secure others