Artikel tagged “drowning”

  • German 78 year old drowns at Jomtien Beach in Pattaya

    German 78 year old drowns at Jomtien Beach in Pattaya

    PHOTO: YouTube Emergency responders have been called to Jomtien beach in Pattaya’s south yesterday after a German tourist was reported in difficulty whilst swimming. There were many tourists on the beach at the time. Members of the local rescue foundation, Sawang Boriboon attempted CPR on 78 year old Klaus Heinz Trappiel but were unable to revive him.

  • The Phoenix rises to the surface

    The Phoenix rises to the surface

    PHOTOS: Facebook/ สุรเชษฐ์ หักพาล The yacht sank late afternoon on July 5 in a short, sudden storm. Most boats would have quite capable of withstanding the wind squal and waves on the day

  • 9 years of providing Phuket’s lifeguards comes to an end

    PHOTO: Constant training and up-skilling was at the core of the Phuket Lifeguard Service The nine year relationship between the Phuket Lifeguard Service and the Phuket provincial and Thesaban administrators is over. The contract for providing professional lifesavers at Patong beach, the final beach under their watchful eye,  finished yesterday. Speaking to the MD of the Phuket Lifeguard Service Company, Vitanya Chuayuan, today The Thaiger noted a tone of resignation in her voice after the long battle the company had to provide skilled and professional lifeguards along Phuket’s beaches.

  • Two teenagers drown trying to save school friend

    by Sutthipomh Settharangsi Two schoolchildren have died after trying to save another friend from drowning in the Chaiyaphum province, central Thailand, on Saturday. Seven lower-secondary students visited a local check dam in Tambon Nong Pai in Kaeng Khro district  when one girl, riding a motorcyle, fell into the water along with her two-wheeler. The friends jumped into the water, despite the strong currents, to rescue her and succeeded in pulling her to safety