Sad to hear about such an accident in that pond. The fire brigade must have taken forever to reach there & even if he had a chance of surviving, he would have no chance.
Wish Dr Willy could work his wisdom and influence, and get Saligao, an Ambulance and fire brigade. Seby Mascarenhas --- Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was Monday (26.6.2006) evening when the phone > rang. A message from > home said, "There's pandamonium around here." I > heard the kids chatter > excitedly in the background. > > But the sad news was that there was a tragedy in the > vaddo. > > Later, it emerged that one of the young men swimming > in the > Donvaddo-Sonarbhat pond had drowned. The fire engine > was called, and > the police were on the scene. The kids were more > excited with seeing > the fire-brigade in the village, and seeing it get > stuck along the > 'bund' road. > > The next day, the school told them about the > tragedy, and cautioned > all the children to be cautious again. > > Apparently, the 26-year-old man who had died was > from Parra. > > There were different versions of why the death had > taken place. It > could have been due to alcohol. But diving into the > pond from the > fairly high walls might not be safe either, given > that the water is > actually quite shallow, and might not have the depth > to break the > fall. > > Whatever the case, we at Saligao could do with more > safety measures > and caution. FN > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: > fredericknoronha > http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell > 9822122436 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > AsiaCommons' blog > http://www.asia-commons.net/blog/39 > _______________________________________________ > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > Saligaonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
