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Mother died after heroic attempt to rescue two boys off the Norfolk coast
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Mother died after heroic attempt to rescue two boys off the Norfolk coast
A mother died after desperately fighting to rescue two boys who were struggling with an inflatable canoe off the Norfolk coast in England.The mother, aged in her 30s, was recovered from the sea at Waxham but pronounced dead in hospital on Sunday, August 9th, though the boys managed to get to safety.
Sea Palling Lifeboat and Coastguard teams from Bacton and Winterton had responded to reports of “multiple people in the sea off Waxham” at around 5pm on Sunday, HM Coastguard Bacton said.
Tony Garbutt, of HM Coastguard, told the local news channel: “It’s a classic case of the rescuer coming into the dilemma.
“This started off with a child playing on an inflatable canoe who got into difficulties.
“Another person went out to assist, followed then by the mother and unfortunately it was the mother that came into danger, and it happens time and time again.
“It’s difficult to try and criticise because as a parent myself you can’t stand by and watch your children be in danger and not do anything.”
Mark Skerrett, of Sea Palling Independent Lifeboat, said it was difficult to get close to the woman due to the “waves that were rolling”, but a member of crew got into the water and swam into shore with her where CPR was attempted.
Superintendent Jason Broome, of Norfolk Police, said: “Colleagues from Norfolk Coastguard and the East of England Ambulance Service assisted officers with the incident.
“A woman, aged in her 30s, was recovered from the water and she was sadly pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
“Her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
“While inquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances leading up to the woman’s death, this is a tragic situation and our condolences are with her family.”
Another tragic avoidable death where people failed to follow the warnings about children in inflatables in the sea. How many more parents and children will die before people finally view the sea as being a hazardous area.
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