US officials may recover Thai students’ bodies this week

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US officials may recover Thai students’ bodies this week

 

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The recovery of the bodies of two Thai postgraduate students trapped in a rental car that plunged off a cliff in the United States late last month may take place this week.

 

The Thai Consulate General Office in Los Angeles wrote on its Facebook page that it received this information from the Fresno Sheriff’s Office, which is in charge of the recovery operation because the accident took place under its jurisdiction. 

 

Thiwadee Sangsuriyarit, 24, and Bhakapon Chairatanatongporn, 28, were on their way to Kings Canyon National Park when their car skidded off a cliff and fell into the middle of Kings river.

 

The accident took place on July 26, but the retrieval of their bodies and the car has been delayed time and again by the US authorities, who have blamed bad weather and strong river currents that could put rescue teams at risk.

 

The students’ families, who flew to the scene, and Thai communities in the US have criticised the sheriff’s office for failing to retrieve the bodies. Some critics claimed that the sheriff’s office did not want to recover the bodies because the victims were Asians not Americans.

 

“The sheriff’s office has monitored the situation since last week and over the past weekend, and found that the situation is getting better slowly. It is estimated that the recovery operation may be able to take place around this Thursday to Saturday,” the consulate office’s Facebook post read.

 

The sheriff’s office has to check the level of water flow and use a helicopter to survey the to determine if the recovery team can work safely and efficiently.

 

The sheriff’s office has said that the recovery operation might occur if water flow in the river is below 400 cubic feet per second. The consulate reported that the flow level at midnight on Sunday was 400.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30325121

 

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[sweatalot]

"... The students’ families, ... and Thai communities in the US have criticised the sheriff’s office for failing to retrieve the bodies. Some critics claimed that the sheriff’s office did not want to recover the bodies because the victims were Asians not Americans.... "

 

Idiots. May be they think Americans act like the Thai would?

The reason why the recovery has not been done earlier has been discussed a lot already and  is very clear.

 

[oldcarguy]

it is going to be very hot this week, over 100F , they need to watch out for thunderstorms and flash floods,

 

It would be terrible if anyone gets hurt trying to rush to recover the bodies ,  and I am sure the officials will be very careful

[richard_smith237]

I hope they do get a chance to recover the bodies of those tragically lost, more so I hope no one is placed at risk in doing so. 

 

And then, more than any of this I hope that a few silly people get to understand that the world does not quite think the same as they when criticizing this situation and that this has nothing to do with race and everything to do with common sense and protecting the safety of others. 

[IAMHERE]

Thai's criticize the local police; doesn't take long to get Americanized. It would seem.

[4MyEgo]

I have an idea, allow the Thai critics to pay for and send part of its Thai rescue team to do the job, otherwise shut up and wait, pray for the souls of the lost ones to be returned to their families and have faith that their bodies will be recovered when its safe enough, and no ones life is at risk, seriously !!!

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Topic continue here:

 

Bid to retrieve bodies of Thai students in US begins tonight 

By The Nation

 

Recovery area map//Photo : Fresno Sheriff's Office

 

FRESNO, CA: -- Efforts to recover the bodies of two Thai students, trapped in a car that plunged into a river in the US more than a month ago, will start at 6am local time (8pm Bangkok time) on Friday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999790-bid-to-retrieve-bodies-of-thai-students-in-us-begins-tonight/

 

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