Cambodian drowns over 300 Baht in Pattaya Bay

[Rimmer]

Cambodian drowns over 300 Baht in Pattaya Bay

PATTAYA:--A 41 year old Cambodian drowned in Pattaya Bay on Thursday after 300 Baht fell into the water and he decided to jump into the water to retrieve the money and was never seen alive again.

Pattaya Sea Rescue Workers rushed to the location, close to a Paragliding platform, located 1 nautical mile off the coast of Pattaya, and used diving equipment to retrieve the body of Mr. Sunsen, whose body was located 50 meters from the surface of the water.

Fellow workers explained that he had lost 300 Baht in the water and decided he would jump in and retrieve the money.

Read more:http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/202270/cambodian-drowns-over-300-baht-in-pattaya-bay/

-- Pattaya One 2015-07-04

[Basil B]

RIP

Wonder if he jumped in voluntarily?

300B = £6/9USD/8Euro, life is cheap

[Pattaya28]

Just wonder how he could be located 50 metres below the surface. Couldn't be 50 metres above the surface.

[chrisinth]

RIP

Wonder if he jumped in voluntarily?

300B = £6/9USD/8Euro, life is cheap

It is also 36,583.84 Riel, quite a lot in their currency.........................

RIP

[richard_smith237]

The story suggests someone witnessed the deceased jump in the water to retrieve 300 baht...

Does this mean they simply stood by and watched the Cambodian drown?

Unless the onlookers themselves can't swim there is an inherent lack of humanity...

[Mudcrab]

RIP

Wonder if he jumped in voluntarily?

300B = £6/9USD/8Euro, life is cheap

Could be a couple of days wages or more to him.

What would you do in the same situation?

[tomyumchai]

only 1 went in after the money? for 300bt id have expected a few more, i dropped 80-ish baht in coins in the river kwai and 3 thais went in after it

[alocacoc]

The story suggests someone witnessed the deceased jump in the water to retrieve 300 baht...

Does this mean they simply stood by and watched the Cambodian drown?

Unless the onlookers themselves can't swim there is an inherent lack of humanity...

And no lifebelt live west on board? No. TiT

[The Deerhunter]

The sad, hard luck stories follow, day after day. Interesting to know if he was working on the platform or whatever. If so, no life jackets or life rings to throw, or did he get swept underneath & bang his head or something? Rhetorical question, really.

Poor guy. RIP.

[SOTIRIOS]

.....does it really make sense....how did the money end up in the water.....

...if he was not alone...then there were other people involved.......

...and how do they know it was 300 baht...it could suggest someone else threw his money in the water.....

[PeCeDe]

Just wonder how he could be located 50 metres below the surface. Couldn't be 50 metres above the surface.

Either the reporter means he was located on the surface 50m from the platform, or if he was located 50m (150 feet approx.) deep, how the heck did he get down that deep and stay down? current maybe? perhaps he got tangled in something.

Edit: Either way, to lose your life over 300 Baht, how sad, RIP

Edited July 4, 2015 by PeCeDe

[Jingthing]

It's a tragedy of course but I think this focus only on the 300 baht is unfair to the drowning victim. Maybe he thought he was a skilled swimmer and didn't think he was taking a risk. We don't know.

It was an accidental drowning. The money part is tangential. People go in the water and drown for lots of reasons, many I'm sure less "rational" than going after lost money.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Jingthing

[cooked]

The story suggests someone witnessed the deceased jump in the water to retrieve 300 baht...

Does this mean they simply stood by and watched the Cambodian drown?

Unless the onlookers themselves can't swim there is an inherent lack of humanity...

What's all this about nobody going to help? I saw qualified life savers stand around and watch a newbie newly nearly drown in a swimming pool (applauding) that stayed down for more than two minutes. I had to shout before somebody went down to get him. Lot of keyboard warriors here, what did you want to do, jump into murky waters to find the guy after: 30 seconds. 1 minute. 2 minutes? If you had twenty life savers in place ready and drilled to go, maybe something could have been done. Maybe.

People that haven't had life saving training should be very wary of going to help people in the water, the first principle is don't get drowned due to the guy's strugglings.

[Emster23]

Don't think of it as 300 baht. Think of it as three days pay for Cambodian worker....

[matman]

Just wonder how he could be located 50 metres below the surface. Couldn't be 50 metres above the surface.

Either the reporter means he was located on the surface 50m from the platform, or if he was located 50m (150 feet approx.) deep, how the heck did he get down that deep and stay down? current maybe? perhaps he got tangled in something.

Edit: Either way, to lose your life over 300 Baht, how sad, RIP

I would have expected a more sensible post from someone deemed to be a 'Senior Member' Pattaya28. The terminology used '50 Metres below the surface' was the correct terminology, and was giving a reference point. The 'surface' is not always the term used, in commercial diving if a diver was lost, the reference point might be the location where he was working. For most people they would have understood the meaning if it read he was found '50 Metres down' , but Pattaya28 no doubt you would have come up with the nonsensical response 'Well it couldn't have been up'. Its a pity you can't leave your petty comments for more frivolous postings rather than tragic ones.

A person that has drowned has ingested sufficient liquid to overcome the bodies natural bouancy, hence it will sink to the bottom, after a period of time a decomposing body produces internal gasses that will overcome the negative bouancy and the body will rise to the surface. Nothing unusual or requiring uneducated speculation

[petercool]

argumentative posts removed

[Petmag]

RIP, sad way to lose a life..

[mrdome]

Some decisions we make - often made without much thought - (may) end up costing us our lives.

[Happy Grumpy]

I hope that 300b wasn't for his family back at home.

RIP.

[phycokiller]

Just wonder how he could be located 50 metres below the surface. Couldn't be 50 metres above the surface.

Either the reporter means he was located on the surface 50m from the platform, or if he was located 50m (150 feet approx.) deep, how the heck did he get down that deep and stay down? current maybe? perhaps he got tangled in something.

Edit: Either way, to lose your life over 300 Baht, how sad, RIP

I would have expected a more sensible post from someone deemed to be a 'Senior Member' Pattaya28. The terminology used '50 Metres below the surface' was the correct terminology, and was giving a reference point. The 'surface' is not always the term used, in commercial diving if a diver was lost, the reference point might be the location where he was working. For most people they would have understood the meaning if it read he was found '50 Metres down' , but Pattaya28 no doubt you would have come up with the nonsensical response 'Well it couldn't have been up'. Its a pity you can't leave your petty comments for more frivolous postings rather than tragic ones.

A person that has drowned has ingested sufficient liquid to overcome the bodies natural bouancy, hence it will sink to the bottom, after a period of time a decomposing body produces internal gasses that will overcome the negative bouancy and the body will rise to the surface. Nothing unusual or requiring uneducated speculation

except that the water would be no where near that deep where it happened