Boon Lay tragedy..
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Sad that a 3 year old life is probably lost...
is it fate?
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No sign of toddler, so search is called off
Search party looked for 16 hours for boy, three, who vanished after he and mum stumbled into flooded drain after storm
By Dawn Wong
THE search for the boy who was swept away in a flooded drain at Boon Lay Drive was called off at 4 pm yesterday, after no body was found.
A team of navy divers, along with the police, coast guard and 25 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers had been brought in to look for Pan Jiawei, three.
In 16 hours, they covered all the connecting drains from Block 191 at Boon Lay Drive to the 80 ha Jurong Lake at the Chinese Garden, which is about 3 km away. This included more than 1 km of the Sungei Lanchar canal, which runs into the lake.
At the canal's broadest point, six officers walked shoulder to shoulder in chest-high water. Every time they felt something with their feet on the debris-laden floor, they stopped to check.
Police spokesman Audrey Ang said divers searched the lake as well as its mouth, which leads to the sea.
Lieutenant-Colonel N. Subhas, head of SCDF's public affairs department, said: 'The current inside the drain was very strong immediately after the downpour, and that could have caused the boy to be swept very far away.'
The boy, the youngest of four children, was clutched in the arms of his mother, housewife Lin Yuzhu, 28, when she accidentally stumbled into a 1 m-deep drain outside Block 191, at about 6.40 pm on Tuesday.
The mishap took place during a thunderstorm which caused the drain to overflow. Water covered the pavement and the road near it.
Jiawei slipped out of her arms when she lost her balance. The last time she saw him, he was being carried away by the water.
The mother of three boys and a girl was on her way to fetch one of her older sons from his school when the incident occurred.
Police said that though the search has ended officially, they will continue to look out for the boy.
Madam Lin refused to be interviewed at her Boon Lay Drive flat yesterday, but The Straits Times found out that when she fell into the drain, she panicked and struggled because she could not swim.
After she was rescued by passers-by, they had to prevent her from jumping back in to look for Jiawei.
Shopkeepers at Block 188, near where it happened, said that the area near the drain always flooded badly whenever it rained.
Madam Jaime Lim, 39, who works at a tailor shop, said: 'After it rains, people cannot see the drain.' -
So sad .!!!!!!!
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if only i got the power..... still remember the 1 wish i got..... i dun want elmo to be my wife liao...i will ask GOD to stop taking those innocent life!!!!...a 3 yo kid.... if there is god...why is he doing this???!!!
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hai.. very sad leh.. i hope the mother don't be so sad about his son..
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Heard news this morning that a body was found not confirmed if its the boy's
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Originally posted by sugardaddy:if only i got the power..... still remember the 1 wish i got..... i dun want elmo to be my wife liao...i will ask GOD to stop taking those innocent life!!!!...a 3 yo kid.... if there is god...why is he doing this???!!!
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Sounds like someone is using sugardaddy's account...Originally posted by sugardaddy:if only i got the power..... still remember the 1 wish i got..... i dun want elmo to be my wife liao...i will ask GOD to stop taking those innocent life!!!!...a 3 yo kid.... if there is god...why is he doing this???!!!
Someone like sgBoy2002!!!
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...... You won't understand...Originally posted by sugardaddy:if only i got the power..... still remember the 1 wish i got..... i dun want elmo to be my wife liao...i will ask GOD to stop taking those innocent life!!!!...a 3 yo kid.... if there is god...why is he doing this???!!! -
Originally posted by TaDA:Sounds like someone is using sugardaddy's account...
Someone like sgBoy2002!!! 
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He moves in mysterious ways...
That is why we are mortal, and He is God huh?Originally posted by Devil1976:...... You won't understand... -
Just heard a news in radio that the body found this morning has been confirm to be the little boy already.. So poor thing.. A moment of silence for the little boy.Originally posted by X-men:Heard news this morning that a body was found not confirmed if its the boy's -
That is fate. Poor boy.....
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All teaching say god are mercy!!! This doesnt show any in it!!! Does it? No matter what; buddah, christian, toa, muslim..all say god are mercy....show me some!!!!! If YOU are really there!!!
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Please!!! dont add oil into fire....... Kao.....!!!!! have some compassinate!!!!!! It a life...a young 3 yo live lose in seconds!!!! If that was your kid, brother, relative...how who you feel!!!! Maybe you wont understand...... too young to appreciate what life is!Originally posted by TaDA:Sounds like someone is using sugardaddy's account...
Someone like sgBoy2002!!! -
Just like failures in an organisation, no one sees the successes when one fails.
God is merciful, but few will see it, but when accidents happen, God is blamed...
Pity the poor child and his mother who has to live with a sense of guilt. Prayers for them this weekend will be said.Originally posted by sugardaddy:All teaching say god are mercy!!! This doesnt show any in it!!! Does it? No matter what; buddah, christian, toa, muslim..all say god are mercy....show me some!!!!! If YOU are really there!!! -
Mercy can come in big or small issue.... but this is too much...how much can a 3 yo do when Osama killed thousands!!
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'and how did u survive when u dont deserve to ...'Originally posted by sugardaddy:Mercy can come in big or small issue.... but this is too much...how much can a 3 yo do when Osama killed thousands!!
i always ask myself this Q. perhap u should too -
Haiz...
This case my side one.
Felt sad for everything that happened~! -
good question for you...dont ask cos yu aint deserve to anyway...Originally posted by De|usi0n:'and how did u survive when u dont deserve to ...'
i always ask myself this Q. perhap u should too -
Everyday, every hour, every min, every sec......... got ppls dying but wad can we do?
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i mean this sort of death not those death due to old age!!!! Children are innocent why choose them?
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Not very mysterious if you understands 'him' well enough...? More like SYSTEMATIC.... AND... DO NOT underestimate the ABILITY of mortals and overemphasize on the 'MIGHTY' of GOD.... GOD is GOD.... Not your nanny....Originally posted by the Bear:He moves in mysterious ways...
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Perhaps you'll be 'useful' one day...? Does it makes you wonder.... Where you really stands in the system of reality...?Originally posted by De|usi0n:'and how did u survive when u dont deserve to ...'
i always ask myself this Q. perhap u should too -
Originally posted by sugardaddy:i mean this sort of death not those death due to old age!!!! Children are innocent why choose them? Don't ask silly questions... They ain't CHOSEN, things just happen....
Why do humans always like to put the BLAME on GOD...? 1st it's EVIL... Then it's GOD.... When would they ever learn...?