BOAT ACCIDENT

Village sinks in grief as 14 victims of boat tragedy are buried

Samrit Jeamcharoenpornkul
Thanapat Thongpaiwan
The Nation

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- A VILLAGE in Ayutthaya province was in mourning yesterday as families buried 14 victims of Sunday’s boat tragedy.

 

"It's a big loss for Muslim people in Ayutthaya," lamented Jakkrit Senkhao, the imam of the A-Lee Yinnuroy mosque, which sits near the graveyard.

 

A number of local people took part in a religious trip to an annual Muslim event at the Takia Yokin Mosque on Sunday

 

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our sympathies to the families of the deceased because grieve is all they can do now. it is more saddening because the accident occurred during a religious event.

A sad tragedy.  Terrible and  unnecessary loss of life.  I pray they have taken away a valuable lesson from this.  Do not go on the water without a life vest if you cannot swim.

 

I often travel by ferries and know that the majority of people do not know how to swim.  They definitely are not trained to swim/survive for an extended period of time in the water in case of an accident.

 

I would say only half ware life vests on board.  It's hard to comprehend.

1 hour ago, sahibji said:

it is more saddening because the accident occurred during a religious event.

 

Why? It would have been equally sad for the families concerned had it been at a secular event.

 

And if the people concerned hadn't followed some ancient mumbo-jumbo superstition it wouldn't have happened at all.

 

It's all Allah's fault.  Blame him.

Considering the tragic news, I'm amazed that the muppets in The Nation think it's ok to make a pun with the headline.