False call on woman drowning on Pattaya Beach alarms other beachgoers, swimmer was just drunk

[snoop1130]

 

An intoxicated Thai woman startled late-night beachgoers after she went diving in the sea around the middle of the night yesterday.

 

Sawang Boriboon rescue services received a report about a woman drowning in the sea in front of Soi Pattaya 13/4 in the Nongprue subdistrict of Banglamung and rushed to the scene.

 

A crowd of beachgoers had formed on the beach, confusingly staring at a Thai woman who first appeared to be drowning but was now swimming, diving, and even waving at the rescue workers who were trying to rescue her back to the shore.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/10/false-call-on-woman-drowning-on-pattaya-beach-alarms-other-beachgoers-swimmer-was-just-drunk/

 

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[RichardColeman]

Her name was revealed by her husband who arrived later as Mrs. Benjawan, 48. The couple’s real names were withheld by The Pattaya News to protect their privacy

 

So then,  Mr and Mrs Benjawan !!

[KhunLA]

Shouldn't the headline be:

"Patts is so boring, woman swimming in sea draws a crowd"

 

As bad as that is, it actually makes the news.  People really need to get a life.

[Bangkok Barry]

The woman, after safely returning to the beach by herself, hit a mini-heart pose at baffled onlookers.

 

I'm confused too, as on onlooker to this report. What is a mini-heart pose?

[Andrew Dwyer]

5 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The woman, after safely returning to the beach by herself, hit a mini-heart pose at baffled onlookers.

 

I'm confused too, as on onlooker to this report. What is a mini-heart pose?

I thought it was when you put your two thumbs and forefingers together to make a heart shape but Google tells me it is this:

 

[KhunLA]

53 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I thought it was when you put your two thumbs and forefingers together to make a heart shape but Google tells me it is this:

 

Since hands aren't together, wouldn't that be a 'broken' heart. and has she done a few ?

[PoorSucker]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Her name was revealed by her husband who arrived later as Mrs. Benjawan, 48. The couple’s real names were withheld by The Pattaya News to protect their privacy

 

So then,  Mr and Mrs Benjawan !!

Common Thai first name for ladies. 

This makes my sons name Benjamin work in Thailand. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Shouldn't the headline be:

"Patts is so boring, woman swimming in sea draws a crowd"

 

As bad as that is, it actually makes the news.  People really need to get a life.

Or lose one.

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I thought it was when you put your two thumbs and forefingers together to make a heart shape but Google tells me it is this:

One never stops learning.

The "Korean finger heart".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_heart

 

Now I know that I misunderstood so many (still) photos

I know rubbing index finger and thumb as:

that costs money/how much/give me money

[chalawaan]

Time to ban alcohol!

I use this story to illustrate that

if she was on illicit drugs, the moral panic would be off the scale, as we have seen in recent days.

 

One homicidal maniac, and everyone blames yaba, instead of a busted system.

 

 

Maybe if they issued controlled meth doses to registered users on a government database, the murdering frootloop would have been flagged by a pharmacist and put away long before the tragedy. 

 

If we insist on criminalising drugs, then criminals will be only too happy to take care of business, thus also ensuring teens get hooked, whereas, pharmacies could control that too.  

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Common Thai first name for ladies. 

This makes my sons name Benjamin work in Thailand. 

They think he's female?

[PETERTHEEATER]

Look at the woman in the blue top on the left of the picture.

She's thinking "Oh, loss of face. Why could it not have been a farang?"