Brother and sister drowned while playing, when trying to determine who will swim farther from shore during the tragic incident, the hearing which was held this week, according to reports.
Malika Samas (14 years) swam near the pier, Clacton in Essex on 8 August, when he exhausted his body to such a state when she could still stand on the water, but panicked, reports the BBC.
Her brother Haider Samas (18 years) and 2 cousin rushed to her aid but it was too late. Malik was taken to hospital, where doctors pronounced her death, and her brother died 2 days later from pneumonia, brain damage, and drowning.
Two Teens — a brother and sister knew how to swim, as it was said at the hearing, but they competed with their cousins, swimming further out to sea.
https://t.co/EcYbTg1mal Brother and sister both drown during game to see who could swim farthest pic.twitter.com/Dal3jLpe6n
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Their grief-stricken mother Shagufta Samas told the coroner that «she went into the water to try to urinate to some of the children,» the report says. «The sand beneath my feet resisted, and I tried to approach the girl,» she said. «It all happened within a few minutes. Except, in this area there should be signs saying that the water should not go, because it can happen like that?»
Senior coroner for Essex Caroline Beasley-Murray said that in the area near the water to place the warning signs you want to print in large font and they look like so that was easily understandable to children, the report says.
Caroline Beasley-Murray told the grieving mother that she «demonstrated an extreme degree of dignity» during the investigation of all the circumstances of the incident with her children.
«Your children were definitely very loved, and was waiting for them a bright future,» she said, according to BBC. «I hope that you can return to the happy memories that keep them both».
