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Sad....I have swam there and little inlet there where the ladder is a pretty hazardous. You can't hit the rocks because they are loaded with urchins so I see these guys hitting the rocks trying to get out and maybe one tried to save the other and they both went down.
Sad....How can you not think of them the next time you go there?
My heart is very sad for the Catcha family and the families & friends of these good men. Wish I was there to hug everyone.
Me too, Steph :(
they were trying to remove Pipe Ladder from the cliff to keep high sea from breaking it up, large wave swept one off and the other jumped in to help and was lost also.............Sad...blessing and strength to all who were close
One of the Young Men fell into the Sea and the other jumped in to save him, they were both drowned.
This was just reported by Jamaica Tamboo.
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Originally Posted by Rambo
Yes this is true.
There were actually 3 men working on bringing up the ladder, a large wave swept two of them out into the ocean, one of which was Triston.
Damion jumped in to help him and they both went under
Another staff member jumped in to help the other man who went in, they were able to make there way back up at Banana Shout but were pretty banged up and scratched.
It was a very tragic day for everyone there
Keeping them all in my thoughts and prayers.
That staff is very much a family
Please keep them in your thoughts and send love
So sad, better a ladder than 2 young men. Respect and condolences to their families and friends.
my heart breaks thinking about this tragedy
and as for the ladder "discussions" - I bet these men were doing a duty that they have performed many many times before - safely
I was a strong swimmer, scuba diver, and loved the water.....two times in my life (65) I almost drowned, one being at a place called Heartbeat, just on the start of the cliffs, in Negril........
I slipped off of a slick concrete step, and banging off the urchin covered cliffs, into the sea, waves were 2-3 ft...
not much but enough to tire myself out trying to get back up to the ladder, which didnt reach entirely into the water...(see blog link below for entire story)...
at one point it hit me...."I gonna maybe be dead soon......Crap ! I gotta get outa this"
I did
BUT! please beware of the Sea off of the Cliffs at West End......its very pretty and alluring....but it hides a "stinger"
I think the best thing to do when you get caught in the rough swells on the cliffs, is swim down underwater and out away from the rock...... You can float in the water for sometime without much effort until you get an opening to make your way out...... You can't fight it and you can't beat it.....
Its an easy situation to panic in....