Sydney teen boys critical after Thailand balcony collapse

[siamsmile33]

Tragic story... ...I wish them well....

 

Sydney teen boys critical after Thailand balcony collapse

 

TWO Sydney teenage brothers are fighting for their lives in a Bangkok hospital after plunging 5 meters when a rotten balcony railing collapsed.

 

Jeremy Webster 18, and brother Guy, 14, from Ingleside, were celebrating their mother Linda's birthday at Baan Samui Resort at Koh Samui.

 

The family was having breakfast when the railing gave way and the boys fell two storeys. Both were rushed to a local hospital before being flown to Bangkok.

 

Jeremy sustained head injuries and a possible spinal injury while Guy was to undergo surgery overnight for a shattered femur.

 

"They had just given me breakfast," Ms Webster said last night. "They came out to talk to me about what they had organised for me today - I was to have a massage.

 

"Then they went to the edge, looking downstairs to talk to my daughter and as my older son leant on the railing it just gave way and my other son went with him. He hit his head on a rock when he fell and my other son ended up in a pond."

 

Her sister Julianne Vincent said Jeremy had just turned 18 and was celebrating finishing his HSC at Northern Beaches Christian School. She said Ms Webster and her daughter Kelly, 20, were forced to fly on a commercial aircraft to Bangkok because there was not enough space in the medical helicopter.

 

"All we are trying to do is just try to get them some help," Ms Vincent said last night.

 

A Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman confirmed the Australian consulate in Thailand was aware of the incident but he had no further details: "We are aware of it and our post in Thailand is checking it out."

 

Baan Samui Resort is popular tourist destination along Chaweng Beach and boasts that all suites lead to balconies overlooking the beach.

 

Source: The Daily Telegraph / 2009-01-29

 

Edited January 29, 2009 by e-disco

[Trivex81]

Oh, thats bad times...my best wishes goes out to the family and the two boys....please keep us updated.

[bolly]

Terrible news. Hope for the best.

bolly

[FatherMojo]

Slip shod construction and poor follow-up. I read elsewhere that this place was warned that they needed to conduct repairs as a toddler had fallen through a balcony last year.

 

Hope the kids can recover.

 

 

FatherMojo

[lade]

pretty fuckin' sad that hotel continue to run like this , no maintenance, just wait until it fuckin' breaks

 

hope the boys come out ok

[nivea]

Next place this will happen is the new Central Festival Shopping Center. People taking photos lean on the railings, there's nothing to catch them if the railing gives way or they trip on the specially lowered planks next to the railing. 100 foot fall will probably kill some big heavy tourists during their Kodak moment.

[Matrix]

This was some very sad news.

Hope they will recover.

[Chezney]

Yeah, I hope they pull through it.. very sad indeed.