Body of missing SMU undergraduate found
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He dono how 2 swim and yet he didn bother to put on his life jacket? And his sis still blaming evry1 else?
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In the first place one should not even be involved in any of water sports games or anything alike if can't swim!! So.. he's taking his extreme sports like to say, but it's too late to learn a lesson this way. This lessons we should learn and pass down to whomever is pushing their luck like this...
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dunno how to swim can do sailing wtf
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Originally posted by FireIce:
i was told dunno how to swim oso can learn diving.
offhand...just for the sake of information....Basic Open-Water requires participants to
1. swim 2 laps,any stroke,no time limit.
2. trap water 10mins,both hands and legs.
in swimming pool before starting their pool training session.
ownself go find those fly-by-night operators to bypass the requirements one...no accident happy lar...kenna accident then dun make noise lor...
but I agree that the wave conditions counts...a lot.
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new measures??
didn't they said the same after the last drowning...after the last last drowning....after the last last last drowning....after the last last last last drowning.....after the last last last last last drowning.....after the last drowning
New measures to be introduced to improve water safety
By Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 08 July 2008 0031 hrs
SINGAPORE: Questions will be raised in Parliament following the death of SMU student Levin Angsana in a sailing incident off Raffles Marina last Thursday.
The Chairman of the National Water Safety Council, Dr Teo Ho Pin, will ask what else is being done to improve water safety. The Council and the Singapore Sailing Federation are also planning new safety measures to minimise such accidents.
On Monday, 22-year-old Levin Angsana was laid to rest. Family and friends of the Singapore Management University (SMU) student were saddened by his untimely death. For many, it raised more questions about water safety, as his family claimed he was a non-swimmer.
When contacted, the Singapore Management University said they would not like to comment on the incident, but rather focus on helping the family with the funeral arrangements. Any findings or recommendations would be released after internal investigations with a third party are concluded.
However, the Singapore Sailing Federation is already taking action to improve the competency of the crew on keel boats.
Mr Low Teo Ping, President of Singapore Sailing, said: "There is a need for the crew and the skipper to be very competent in terms of being able to manage what we call man overboard drills.
"(A) man overboard drill is exactly what one would do when somebody goes overboard - that you are able to swing the boat around in what we call figure eight to be exactly where the incident took place."
More also needs to be done at the grassroots level, something the Singapore Water Safety Council hopes to address with new measures.
Dr Teo said: "Devise a National Swim and Safe Award Scheme so as to encourage all Singaporeans and residents of Singapore to learn water safety, to learn swimming skills, to learn water safety in terms of water survival and learn also, if possible, life-saving skills."
The certification scheme will be introduced in the next few months for greater consistency in water safety standards. - CNA/de -
He should be responsible enough to wear the lifejacket.
Same example when people never wear seatbelt die in accident, the government should only do so much the blame should be on the person himself who did not take the necessary action to be safe. How many people in the backseat wear seatbelt anyway? Almost none
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Originally posted by lpx88:
He dono how 2 swim and yet he didn bother to put on his life jacket? And his sis still blaming evry1 else?
she's in shock and in grief.. of course she'll want to blame someone else. it's only natural that those who are close to the deceased think that the deceased is perfect, and did no wrong.
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Originally posted by mamamamama:
Hannah Angsana, Levin's sister, said: "More precautions could have been taken. Further, rescue measures that could have been done in time were not. The Singapore naval divers were not activated fast enough. They arrived after dark. The fact that my brother could not swim and was not wearing a life vest at the point of the accident showed safety was not a priority."
Even if the divers came within 15 minutes, can the boy hold his breath under water for 15 minutes????4 minutes without air the brain is damaged.
4 minutes without air under water struggling? I pity the Singapore Navy divers kenna such brainless remarks.
He can't swim and he dun wear a life jacket. No precaution can ever save him.