Three students drown while filming TV series

[MarrickG]

Three students died when filming for a TV series went horrifically wrong in China.

Over a hundred students from Kongzi secondary school on Hainan island were invited to appear as extras in the 30-episode TV drama Liberation of Hainan Island.

They were selected from eight classes in Year Four and Five of the school in Wenchang.

During one of the shoots near the sea recently, 10 of the students were hit by a huge wave and washed out to sea by strong currents, China Youth Daily reported.

Eight of them were rescued from the sea while two others were missing.

One of those rescued died at the hospital later.

The others suffered injuries during the 4pm incident on the second day of the shooting involving the students.

The two missing students have yet to be found and have been presumed dead.

It is learnt the headmaster of the school, who persuaded the students to act as extras, was paid RMB2,500 (S$514) per day by the production company based in Beijing.

The money, however, was not recorded in the school's account.

According to a survivor, the students including those who could not swim, were told to stand in a line in the sea where the water reached up to their waists.

The students who played the role of Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers were supposed to be running back to shore as if they had jumped off transport vessels and attacking enemies on the beach.

While they were running, a big wave came from behind and hit them, resulting in 10 of the students being washed out to the sea.

-- The Daily Chilli

 

[Leongsam]

What a bunch of wussies.

Real men like these OZ lifeguards could have handled the situation with ease.

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[metadata]

Hmm... Are you a lifeguard, or at least did you swim in the open sea before?
I have trained in lifeguard course, do diving and big game fishing.

The old chinese saying that bully the mountain but not the sea is very true,
you could be standing in a 1 meter shallow water and yet the undercurrent is
so strong it swept you off ur feet.

Real men as in OZ lifeguards? What's so real about them, you've been
watching too much baywatch. They have jetbike and various
expensive rescue mean like helicopter.

And how would you classify the five singaporean dragon boat rowers who
died in the cambodia river, a bunch of wussies too?
Ａfter all it's just a river and just happen to　be hit by a strong current,
isn't it?

What a bunch of wussies.

Real men like these OZ lifeguards could have handled the situation with ease.

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[BuiKia]

It is learnt the headmaster of the school, who persuaded the students to act as extras, was paid RMB2,500 (S$514) per day by the production company based in Beijing.

Corruption. But this is the culture of China.

 

[kensington]

What a bunch of wussies.

Real men like these OZ lifeguards could have handled the situation with ease.

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Yeah.

Those Ozzie Wussies can't even handle melanoma aka skin cancer.

 

[Rogue Trader]

now is north east monsoon and wenchang is at northeast coast of hainan. even fishermans don't goes out this time. very stupid productions crew endangers all actors by filming in the sea.

 

[Leongsam]

Hmm... Are you a lifeguard, or at least did you swim in the open sea before?
I have trained in lifeguard course, do diving and big game fishing.

The old chinese saying that bully the mountain but not the sea is very true,
you could be standing in a 1 meter shallow water and yet the undercurrent is
so strong it swept you off ur feet.

I surfed at Bondi for more than 5 years when I lived in Sydney and I never came close to drowning. The rules of survival are simple.. never swim AGAINST the current. If caught in a rip, go with the flow and swim back to shore once the rip spits you out.

For some reason, Asians are clueless when it comes to water safety. In Australia, The number of white OZs who have been forced to risk their lives saving Asians from the water is astronomical.

http://www.ausleisure.com.au/default.asp?PageID=35

Drowning: Biggest Killer of Asian Children

March/April 2008

Recently released research shows that drowning is the biggest killer of children in Asia, with drowning rates up to 20 times higher than those in western countries - claiming 350,000 younglives every year.

The research, conducted over the last seven years, was spearheaded by UNICEF and The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC), working in partnership with local public health teams. Along with other 2004 research from China's Ministry of Health, it shows a huge number of drownings each year:

In Bangladesh, 16,892 children drowned in 2003.

In Vietnam, 11,665 children drowned in 2003.

In Thailand, 2,604 children under 18 died from drowning in 2004 (while other estimates suggest the figure is higher, as less than a quarter of Thai drownings are reported to hospitals).

In China, at least 57,000 people of all ages perished by accidental drowning during 2004 (research by the World Health Organisation says the actual number of fatalities could have been as high as 112,000), with drowning the number one cause of death among under-15s.

In addition, in the Philippines drowning ranks as the main cause of death among under-18s.

 

[Leongsam]

Hmm... Are you a lifeguard, or at least did you swim in the open sea before?
I have trained in lifeguard course, do diving and big game fishing.

The old chinese saying that bully the mountain but not the sea is very true,
you could be standing in a 1 meter shallow water and yet the undercurrent is
so strong it swept you off ur feet.

I surfed at Bondi for more than 5 years when I lived in Sydney and I never came anywhere close to drowning despite confronting vicious rips on numerous occasions. The rules of survival are simple.. never swim AGAINST the current. If caught in a rip, go with the flow and swim back to shore once the rip spits you out.

For some strange reason, Asians are really clueless wussies when it comes to swimming. The stats reveal the reality of the situation.

http://www.ausleisure.com.au/default.asp?PageID=35

Drowning: Biggest Killer of Asian Children

March/April 2008

Recently released research shows that drowning is the biggest killer of children in Asia, with drowning rates up to 20 times higher than those in western countries - claiming 350,000 younglives every year.

The research, conducted over the last seven years, was spearheaded by UNICEF and The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC), working in partnership with local public health teams. Along with other 2004 research from China's Ministry of Health, it shows a huge number of drownings each year:

In Bangladesh, 16,892 children drowned in 2003.

In Vietnam, 11,665 children drowned in 2003.

In Thailand, 2,604 children under 18 died from drowning in 2004 (while other estimates suggest the figure is higher, as less than a quarter of Thai drownings are reported to hospitals).

In China, at least 57,000 people of all ages perished by accidental drowning during 2004 (research by the World Health Organisation says the actual number of fatalities could have been as high as 112,000), with drowning the number one cause of death among under-15s.

In addition, in the Philippines drowning ranks as the main cause of death among under-18s.