{"id":42583,"date":"2025-01-24T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=42583"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:41:57","slug":"after-he-jumps-in-to-save-her-the-17-year-old-boy-and-girl-drown-twice-at-the-waterfall-never-thought-of-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=42583","title":{"rendered":"After he jum>>>>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Authorities in Australia have reported that two teens drowned after one of them dove into the ocean to try to save the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a search and rescue effort, the 17-year-old girl and boy were \u201clocated deceased at a waterfall in Yandina on the Sunshine Coast\u201d on Sunday, January 19, according to a statement from Queensland Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The missing girl \u201cwas located unresponsive and deceased, in the water, by emergency services\u201d forty minutes after the search and rescue operation began at approximately 2:50 p.m. local time, according to authorities, \u201cutilising Queensland Fire Department and Police divers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the release, police divers found the missing youngster \u201cunresponsive and deceased, in the water, at about 7:25 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the announcement, \u201cPolice will prepare reports for the coroner for both the girl and the boy,\u201d reaffirming that Wappa Falls will remain closed while the inquiry is conducted. According to Sky News Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and 9 News, the youngsters were named as Honour Ward and her friend Beau Liddell. Adam Liddell, Beau\u2019s father, told ABC that \u201cthe whole family is just a mess\u201d after his son passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the publication, he described his son\u2019s attempt to save his friend as \u201cthat\u2019s the type of person he was,\u201d adding, \u201cHe never thought of himself first.\u201d \u201cShe was just always there for everybody, no matter what she was going through herself,\u201d according to Honor\u2019s friend Phoebe Loynd-Andersson, according to the publication. \u201c[She] just wanted to be there for other people and she would encourage people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ABC, the teenagers were both former Sunshine Beach State High School students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the publication, the same swimming area has had at least five fatalities since 2007. To keep informed about the best that PEOPLE has to offer, from captivating human interest stories to celebrity news, subscribe to their free daily email. Mr. Liddell told the publication, \u201cThere could be a lot more done than a couple of little signs that say \u2018dangerous water,\u2019\u201d asserting that more should be done to save more people from dying at the waterfall. There was a lot of rain in the region on Saturday, according to Sky News Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to warning of \u201cheavy currents, deep water, and submerged boulders,\u201d a sign at Wappa Falls stated that \u201cconditions here are unpredictable,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PEOPLE contacted Sunshine Beach State High School, Sunshine Coast Council, and Queensland Police, but none of them responded right away. To date, approximately $1,300 has been raised by a GoFundMe established to assist Beau\u2019s family with the expenses of his funeral<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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