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29 Oct 20, 06:35 PM |
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Parasailing Accident in Rhodes.
It a sad sign of the times that I don't think this has been mentioned on here.
Three English teenagers on a family holiday, storm got up and sail became unattached and crashed down onto rocks, two kiilled and one seriously injured. Absolutely heartbreaking. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has happy memories of seeing their children enjoying this apparently safe holiday treat. |
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29 Oct 20, 06:36 PM |
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It is heartbreaking. I know it’s something that my eldest would love to do if we’d have been on holiday there. It could so easily happen to anyone. 😢
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29 Oct 20, 06:57 PM |
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I was so sad to see this on the news today, just cannot imagine what that poor family is going through! 😓😓😓
I love watersports, and have always been keen to go jet skiing, etc on holiday, but, I am wary now as we had a bad experience in croatia, on an inflatable sofa, the boat driver went too fast ans made it bump so hard, that my youngest son and I slammed heads, I honestly thought our skulls were cracked, my sunglasses went into my head, causing a split, and the driver just shrugged and disappeared afterwards. I hope they get to the bottom of what happened here.
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29 Oct 20, 07:25 PM |
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Heartbreaking.
To be honest I didn’t realise that young teenagers would be allowed on this kind of thing , certainly not without an adult ( not that it would have changed the outcome ) I have always thought that anything like this should have two ropes - it just needs an issue like this to be fatal when it need not be At least the parents didn’t witness it ( surprised they weren’t there to watch or to supervise the transaction or vet the operators ) but reading how the parent fainted when she saw her sons injuries , not knowing that her other child and niece were already dead At least the operator handed himself in , but it does beg the question if the weather was that bad ( albeit changed rapidly seemingly ) why the trip wasn’t aborted ( of course hindsight is a wonderful thing )
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29 Oct 20, 07:50 PM |
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29 Oct 20, 08:16 PM |
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I’ve just seen this, absolutely awful.
I can’t stop thinking about those poor children, and how terrified they must’ve been.
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29 Oct 20, 08:20 PM |
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Absolutely heartbreaking, I'm sure many of us have let our kids have a go at these kinds of activities on holiday, I know I have. Thoughts are with the family, senseless waste of young lives.
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29 Oct 20, 09:12 PM |
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Hadn't heard about this but my goodness it's so sad absoloutely hearbreaking 😥
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29 Oct 20, 09:21 PM |
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Read about this earlier today absolutely heartbreaking.
Made me think about when my son and his cousin went on one in Tenerife they were 14 and 13 at the time. Like Sue think the dads went in the boat to take photos. |
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29 Oct 20, 10:05 PM |
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I read that the line had been cut & police were investigating the incident. Very strange that 3 young people were allowed to do this with no parents there to check things out.
RIP those that died. Hopefully there will be more answers in time.
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