Man rescued from drowning at Bedok Reservoir
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From Stomp:
When a group of canoeists saw a man floating face up in the waters of Bedok Reservoir on Oct 10, they thought there had been another drowning. However, thanks to them and a group of joggers, they managed to bring the man to shore, alive.
To date, Bedok Reservoir has seen four cases of strange deaths and disappearances. On the morning of Oct 10, the body of a man, believed to be an Indian in his 30s, was recovered by SCDF officers.
On Sept 22, the bodies of a mother and son were seen floating in the reservoir. On June 22, the lower half of Mr Lin Xiao's body was found floating in the water by a PUB employee.
And in October last year, the body of an unidentified man was found at the top of a hill in Bedok Reservoir Park.
According to a report in The New Paper today (Oct 11), a group of four canoeists first spotted the man, who they thought was dead at first. They waved to catch the attention of joggers nearby.
One of the rescuers, Mr Wong Kai Chuan, 33, was the first to respond. He tried to stop other joggers as he did not have a phone with him to call the police. He also noticed some twitching motion in the man's left hand and realised he was still alive.
Fellow rescuer Mr Andy Koh, 44, was the second to respond. He had initially wanted to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the man, but noticed the man was breathing on his own.
The man, who, according to the SCDF, is a Chinese in his 50s, was wearing a striped polo shirt, jeans and safety boots. Mr Koh told The New Paper that the man looked like he was halfway through work or had just finished, and he could smell alcohol on him.
Finally, Mr Lee Kim Chye, 48, was the one who had a phone with him. He helped to get the number of the nearest lamp post to aid with pinpointing their exact location, while Mr Koh used Mr Lee's phone to alert the police.
The SCDF arrived within eight minutes, but during that time, the joggers wasted no time and joined forces to carry the man out of the ankle-deep water and onto the shore.
The Police said in a statement:
"Police received a call yesterday at about 5.45pm informing us that a person was spotted in the waters of Bedok Reservoir.
"A man in his early 50s was subsequently brought to shore and conveyed conscious to Changi General Hospital.
"Police are currently investigating the matter." -
odd???2 drownings in same reservoir on same day???
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Could be a failed suicide, not confessed since suicide is an offence in Singapore.
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That resevoir...冤气很�。。。
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What's in the reservoir, Sirens???
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... still puzzles me how people can possibly drown in reservoirs by accident unless they do something really out of place like trying to waddle in them recreationally when they should be kayaking. but there are pools and the sea for that!
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there are monster or monsters in bedok reservoir
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
there are monster or monsters in bedok reservoir
water ghosts?
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Small Dinos living in Bedok Reservoir
could be crocodiles living there
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even got squid 0.o
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Originally posted by Casopia-maplesea:
even got squid 0.o
Maybe got Giant Crabs down there
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It is quite suprised that after these bizarre incident there are no police patrol around the bedok reservoir area.(at least police nsf can be usefully for these duty). Anyway it is also hard to seek help from MP for prevention of more accident cos I heard part of Bedok is under WP while the East Coast Town Council (Bedok GRC) is under Mr Lim Swee Say. As for our social group like AWARE, they are more interested in respect and accepting gay (another narutard as well), rather than doing usefully thing like marriage counselling or developing parenting skill etc.
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should put up a sign at bedok reservoir, no suicide sign.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
should put up a sign at bedok reservoir, no suicide sign.
If u suicide, u must pay a fine of $500 or jail up to 1 year or both -
Bravo to these people, life savers!
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They should set up a lift guard team.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 25:
They should set up a lift guard team.
And they will work 24 hours even without lunch hours and on public hoilday and stand by all along in Bedok Reservoir ?
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Originally posted by M the name:
And they will work 24 hours even without lunch hours and on public hoilday and stand by all along in Bedok Reservoir ?
There is such thing as shift work, you know.
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Bedok Reservoir very big leh
how to patrol?
just one fella tie a big stone to his leg and swim in the reservoir is enough
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Pls don't pollute our reservoirs if you wanna suicide. Jump off any HDB and Singapore Caskets will clean you off the floor. Thank you very much.
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maybe they're indebted