Yesterday, while watching TV, I saw a newsflash which showed 17 dragon boat rowers injured,5 drowned and feared dead. They were taking part in an annual dragon boat event in Cambodia in which more than 1 million people are expected to attend the 3-day event to celebrate Cambodia’s Water Festival.
It happened as they had finished the race and is about to dock to the side of the river to disembarked.
What is the first question that comes to your mind?
To me, it is obvious…why no life-jackets?
And this morning, the picture got clearer.
-The race is held to honour the ancient naval warriors of the country and to reflect the tradition, no jackets were worned.
- As they are about to dock, a sudden wave hit their boat and it hit into a pontoon, sucking all the rowers undeneath 9 metres of water.
-Fatigue and strong currents had an effect on them.
The life lessons here serve to remind me to never jump to conclusions.
How often do we jump to conclusions in life?
-like when our children do not do well in exams.
-or when we have an argument with our partner or spouse?
-or when our boss is not seeing our good work done.
It saddens me even deeper, knowing that the rowers are from my country, Singapore.
The five still missing are Stephen Loh, a national rower, Jeremy Goh,former vice captain of Nanyang Polytechnic dragon boat team, Poh Boon San, an engineer from Nanyang Tech University, Reuben Kee, Mr Singapore 2006 and Chee Wei Cheng, older of two sons.
200 people are involved in the search although the situation looks grim.
It is truly unfortunate that they chose to row back on their own instead of waiting to be towed back to the starting line after finishing the race.
Next time you jump to conclusions, take a deep breath and recall this unforgettable incident to remind you that it may not be what you are thinking.
P/s: Some 40 hours after the tragedy, all 5 bodies were recovered from the river. My deepest condolences to the families of the 5 rowers.
by junhong, on November 25 2007 @ 5:34 am
I hope the boon san is not the one i noe. I really hope not.
saw the news only this morning
nabeh cheebye
sad
by Seeni J G, on November 27 2007 @ 5:14 am
that is life, stuff happens and after sometime you become history. People forget you and life goes. I lost my army buddy due to a freak accident in mt. ophir, johor; a tree fell on him crushing him to death as a result of stormy weather. He was only 27.
Bottom line is to live well, stay well and be good to those around you. You never know when your time is up.
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