Ettalong Seaside drowning: Father dies in entrance of his son, 8, as bystanders desperately tried to save lots of him after he was pulled lifeless from the water at fashionable seaside

An eight-year-old boy watched his father die as strangers tried to save lots of the person who had simply been pulled from the waters of a crowded seaside. 

Different beachgoers tried to assist the person in his 30s after recognizing him unresponsive 50 metres from the shore at Ettalong Seaside on NSW’s Central Coast Saturday afternoon. 

A gaggle of males helped pull the person onto a maritime rescue boat however the father had already drowned by the point he was on board. 

One of many witnesses stated that individuals on jet skis had raced out to try to assist the primary as quickly as everybody realised that one thing was flawed.

‘They boys tried to assist him out, raise him on, they did all the pieces they may,’ one man stated. 

‘It was fairly unhealthy, he was mendacity face-down within the water so I do not know what occurred. His son was screaming  

One other witness stated that it was laborious to inform what was taking place at first due to tall the screaming which brought about him to suppose that there was a shark within the water.

Surf Life Saving NSW CEO Steve Pearce stated CPR was carried out on the person by Maritime Companies and ambulance paramedics however that he couldn’t be revived.

This has been the second incident on the identical stretch of the seaside in 10 days, the primary being a person who drowned at Umina Seaside on Christmas Day.

‘That is devastating information for the lads’s households and the area people between Umina and Ettalong, with two deaths in as many weeks,’ Mr Pearce stated.

‘They want time to replicate on these occasions and grieve the lack of family members. We ask the media to offer them privateness throughout this tragic time.’

It was the ninth confirmed coastal drowning this summer season.

Regardless of the assistance of different beachgoers who pulled the person from the water, witnesses stated that he had already drowned earlier than anybody bought to him