Wave Kills A Man

[sierra01]

I've just caught the tail end of the news, it looks like a big wave on Samui caught some guy and he drowned, they were pulling him out of the water by rope when I saw it, then a picture of him lying on the beach uncovered!

Sorry, that's all I know about it, I have to get up early tomorrow so haven't got the time to check it out properly.

[Khun Jean]

If it is on the corner of Chaweng noi/Yai it will happen a few times more i am afraid. There are rip currents which can pull down a experienced swimmer. Last year i know of 8 people dying. Without proper warnings a few more will find their end.

[Pompeynick]

I've just caught the tail end of the news, it looks like a big wave on Samui caught some guy and he drowned, they were pulling him out of the water by rope when I saw it, then a picture of him lying on the beach uncovered!

Sorry, that's all I know about it, I have to get up early tomorrow so haven't got the time to check it out properly.

SOME PEOPLE IN THE BAR 2NITE SAW IT AND SAID THAT IT WAS AN ELDERLY MAN . ABOUT 70YRS , VERY SAD..................R.I.P.

[limbos]

French tourist drowns off Samui beach

Published on Feb 06 , 2006 The Nation

Samui, Surat Thani -A 74-year-old French man drowned at the Chawaeng Beach of this tourist destination island, police said.

Pol Lt Col Theerawat Namsithan, a tourist police officer, said the French tourist drowned at about 6 pm.

He quoted witnesses as saying that the man was swimming when he was swept away by a two-metre-high wave along with a Malaysian man. However, rescuers managed to save the Malaysian tourist in time.