Daily News reported that a long tail boat taking three Malaysian tourists on a trip from Hang Nak cape in Muang district of Krabi, southern Thailand, capsized in a storm.

 

There was a mother and father and a 4-5 year old daughter all thrown into the sea along with the boat captain.

 

They were saved by a young man called Waris Changnam, 21, a local fisherman.

 

He said that he had gone out to check on his squid baskets when a strong storm started.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

He decided to go back to port and on the way he saw several people in the water and went to help.

 

Only one had a life jacket on and the others were desperately trying to hold onto that person.

 

They were exhausted.

 

He took them all to shore and called rescue services who took them to Krabi Hospital.

 

 

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Update: Boat capsize latest: Two tourists - mother and daughter - die after long tail boat capsizes in Krabi

 

Cap: They are dead - mother and child tourists die after long tail boat capsizes in sea

 

Naew Na updated on the incident where a long tail boat capsized in a storm off Krabi throwing three Malaysian tourists into the sea.

 

It appeared that only the father was wearing a life jacket and he had been holding onto his daughter.

 

The boat captain was holding onto the mother with one hand and onto the life jacket of the father with the other. 

 

Tragically they reported later that the mother and a five year old had died after getting too much water in their lungs. They had been unconscious.

 

The father and boat captain are safe but under the care of medical staff at Krabi Hospital.

 

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Safe and Trusted Thailand!

3 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Safe and Trusted Thailand!

Depends, was there just one life jacket or did just one person put it on.  Boats can capsize its up to people who cant swim to put on life jackets especially in bad weather.

 

Now if there were no life jackets then its all the fault of the captain and he should be jailed. If there were then its the mistake of the tourist.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Tragically they reported later that the mother and a five year old had died after getting too much water in their lungs. They had been unconscious.

Such sad news... 

To explain why only the Malaysian father was wearing a life vest, perhaps this anecdote can explain:

 

A visitor, returning to Kuwait for the first time since the Gulf War, was impressed by a sociological change.

 

On previous visits, she noted that women customarily walked about 5 paces behind their husbands.

 

She observed that all the men now walked over 20 paces BEHIND their wives!

 

She approached one of the women for an explanation: "What enabled women here to achieve this marvelous reversal of roles?"

 

"Land mines," replied the Kuwaiti woman.