Myanmar national ignores warning flags, drowns at Karon Beach

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Myanmar national ignores warning flags, drowns at Karon Beach
Phuket Gazette


A crowd starts to gather after the body of the 17-year-old is recovered. Photo: Supplied

PHUKET: -- A Myanmar teenager swimming in an area marked with red flags drowned at Karon Beach yesterday.

Mr Pannyo, 17, had gone to the beach with two friends around 3pm, said Uten Singsom, head lifeguard at Kata-Karon beaches.

“They were at the beach around low tide. Mr Pannyo's friends stayed close to shore, but he swam out about 30 meters,” Mr Uten told the Phuket Gazette this morning. “Lifeguards saw that he was too far out and tried to warn him, but it was too late.”

As guards headed toward Mr Pannyo and his friends to warn them, they saw the waves begin to drag Mr Pannyo out to sea.

“Five lifeguards jumped into action. Three started searching for him by jet-ski, one swam out and the other took one of our surf boards out,” Mr Uten said.

It took lifeguards about 90 minutes to find Mr Pannyo's body.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Myanmar-national-ignores-warning-flags-drowns-at-Karon-Beach-22293.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-09-20

[gl555]

It's too bad he died but his own stupidity that got him killed. Never mess around with nature.

[phantomfiddler]

Most people aren,t too smart at 17. R.I.P., and it,s a terrible way to go.

[atyclb]

Competent motivated guards use whistles and bullhorns to tell swimmers they are getting too far away from shore to prevent many tragedies. Example; in hawaii even experienced surfers/swimmers are approached by guards on jet skis or big paddle boards asking if they need help and offering an optional "tow in" to shore.

[MikeThaison]

It's too bad he died but his own stupidity that got him killed. Never mess around with nature.

Way to have compassion for someone else. It must be hard to have such a bad attitude in life. I pity you.

[mickyboy]

Most people aren,t too smart at 17. R.I.P., and it,s a terrible way to go.

invinceble at that age

[Shaksey]

There are rip-tide warnings in Thai and English on signs on the beach....doubt there are any in Burmese? No doubt he was in Phuket to work for a pittance to send money home. Very sad. How many deaths on Karon now this year, same as every year?