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British Man dies in Side

Postby tired mum » 28 Jul 2010 14:37

This is another sad story for the holiday season a tragic end to a family holiday :(


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
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Postby reesy1959 » 28 Jul 2010 15:24

How sad - RIP.
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Postby starchild01 » 28 Jul 2010 15:53

How sad is this...R.I.P
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Postby quaker57 » 28 Jul 2010 18:14

I'm feeling a bit thick here i clicked on your link but i can't find any story about anyone dying in Turkey :?
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Postby tired mum » 28 Jul 2010 18:46

Top left hand corner "Man falls 150ft"
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Postby dksbbs » 28 Jul 2010 19:11

Thats terrible. RIP

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Postby Chocoholic » 28 Jul 2010 19:16

That's terrible, very sad for the family. It is very unfortunate when you read about things like this can happen with faulty/frayed equipment as it could have been so easily prevented. It takes a tragedy like this before something is done to safeguard tourists. I sincerely hope that something is done and the owners are dealt with appropriately and prevented from operating and certain tests and standards should be enforced with equipment with sports such as this from now on.
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Postby Vikki » 28 Jul 2010 22:30

This is so sad i hope his poor family will find the strength to get them through this
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Postby adewolves » 29 Jul 2010 12:37

Sent a cold shiver down my spine that story, the poor bloke looks a little like me.
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Postby Katiehutchinson_1991 » 29 Jul 2010 20:46

RIP so sad :(
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Postby nursynewcastle » 29 Jul 2010 20:54

This is so tragic, my thoughts go out to the family concerned.
This activity was on our to do list, after our visit to turkey last year it was something my hubby and son really wanted to do on this visit - needless to say they most definitly wont be doing it now. I can imagine lots of other tourists are making the same decision.
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Postby Vikki » 29 Jul 2010 22:02

nursynewcastle wrote:This is so tragic, my thoughts go out to the family concerned.
This activity was on our to do list, after our visit to turkey last year it was something my hubby and son really wanted to do on this visit - needless to say they most definitly wont be doing it now. I can imagine lots of other tourists are making the same decision.


How could you ever feel safe going up in one now i couldnt that fear is instilled in so many folks minds now
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Postby shastie » 30 Jul 2010 15:21

Just clicked on the Daily Mail link highlighted at the start of the topic which is now reporting the tragic death of a young girl in a rafting accident. So very sad and an unneccesary loss of life. My thoughts go out to the family. RIP.
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Postby tired mum » 30 Jul 2010 16:48

Oh my my hubby n son were going to do this lets hope the comments by the owner are not true as they are insensitive to say the least
Is this the same place that is used by ICR?
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Postby Fanny » 30 Jul 2010 17:43

nope tired mum, it didn't happen in Icmeler I think Side's near Antalya?
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Postby Fanny » 30 Jul 2010 17:48

HI tired mum, apologies, I was commenting on the parasailing accident and it doesn't appear on the above link anymore
Am guessing you're asking whether the rafting trip's the same one used by ICR? sorry, but I don't know - such a terrible shame for the poor girl's family
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Postby romilee » 31 Jul 2010 18:30

What an absolute tragedy for this poor family.

I heard,..and it is purely hearsay...that the poor man may have inadvertently unhooked the clasps by holding the harness in the wrong place.

It seems rather unlikely though...hopefully, any lessons to be learned from this will help to prevent further tragedies.

God Bless his family.
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