well done mr lugandu wherever you are.

crazygeryy

A PREGNANT mother-of-four risked her own life by jumping into a river to save her 10-year-old son from drowning.

Liz O'Brien, from Tralee, Co Kerry, said she completely forgot she was six months pregnant when her son got into difficulty.

Derek, who has special needs, slipped and fell into the River Lee in the town as the family was taking a shortcut home on Thursday afternoon.

Her other children, Danielle (9), Jamie (7) and Aoife (3) looked on in horror from the riverbank as the drama unfolded.

Ms O'Brien has paid tribute to passer-by, Fabien Lugandu, who heard their screams and came to their assistance.

Drowned

She said that, only for him, they both would have drowned.

"He just came from nowhere and pulled us out," Ms O'Brien told the Irish Independent. "We were trapped where we were with no way out and the water at either side of us was really deep."

She says her mother's instinct just "kicked in" when she when she saw that Derek, who can't swim, had fallen into the water.

"I didn't even think. I just jumped in after him and when I saw him go under I was trying to grab him, but I kept on pulling out branches and twigs that were in the water," she added.

On about her fifth attempt she said she managed to grab hold of Derek and pull him up for air.

"He was gasping and there was water coming out of his mouth. I held on to him and I was grabbing onto a bit of iron underneath the bridge when Fabien came along," she recalled.

Luckily, Derek has recovered from his ordeal but mother and son are still experiencing flashbacks and are having difficulty sleeping.

But his mother says the outcome would have been much worse had it not been for Mr Lugandu.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pregnant-mother-jumps-into-icy-river-to-save-son-10-3356644.html




a good news story for a Friday.

efb

Hero for Friday

mikemac1

There's something very sloppy about putting a headline "drowned" in the article

Yakult

Fair play to this man, could have been a terrible outcome if not for him rescuing them.

kneemos

A bj night for Mr Lugandu.

Baneblade

holy crap when i read that i thought mr lugandu drowned

kneemos

Baneblade wrote: »

holy crap when i read that i thought mr lugandu drowned

Mr Lugandu lives.

Fox_In_Socks

mikemac1 wrote: »

There's something very sloppy about putting a headline "drowned" in the article

Here here!

Standards have been slipping for some time now old boy, what?

Fair play to him. I’m the type that freezes under stress. :eek:

9959

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Here here!

Standards have been slipping for some time now old boy, what?

Fair play to him. I’m the type that freezes under stress. :eek:

Couldn't agree more.
Hear, hear!

mikemac1

River Lee in Kerry?

Kerrymen jealous of the Corkonians!

gctest50

www.kerryseye.com/pregnant-mother-dives-into.html



The dramatic incident comes just eight months after Liz’s sister Kelly lost her husband Anthony and daughter Nadine (5) in a house fire in Killeen, Oakpark.

monkeypants

She said that, only for him, they both would have drowned.

That, and this:

A PREGNANT mother-of-four risked her own life by jumping into a river

She seems a bit of a daftie.

she completely forgot she was six months pregnant

"I was trying to grab him, but I kept on pulling out branches and twigs that were in the water"

Can't tell her ten year old from a floating piece of wood.

the family was taking a shortcut home on Thursday afternoon.

Next week we'll try taking a shortcut through some quicksand, or maybe a minefield.

Fabien Lugandu

Well done that man. Maybe we can now save this woman from herself.

crockholm

mikemac1 wrote: »

River Lee in Kerry?

Kerrymen jealous of the Corkonians!

tra li-lee strand-tralee
jawsus, you'll be saying next, he was one of the begooley lugandu's

crockholm

mikemac1 wrote: »

River Lee in Kerry?

Kerrymen jealous of the Corkonians!

tra li-lee strand-tralee
jawsus, you'll be saying next, he was one of the belgooley lugandu's