A 54-year-old man has died after he and his 13-year-old daughter went into rough seas in Brighton seafront to rescue their two dogs. According to the Sussex Police, the man went to walk his dogs with his daughter, the dogs entered the sea and the man and daughter followed them in. Both were rescued and taken to hospital, but the man died three hours later. The girl was quickly recovered from the water, but her father was located about 30m offshore, near the pier. The man was difficult to reach and eventually pulled from the water by the lifeboat. He was taken to the Royal Sussex Hospital by air ambulance in a critical condition but died later. The coastguard said one of the Jack Russell dogs returned to the beach. A Sussex Police spokeswoman said at least two members of the public helped pull the girl to safety. Colin Griffiths, the duty watch manager at Solent Coastguard, advised people not to attempt to rescue their dogs from the sea because dogs will return to their owners after a swim. People cannot risk their life going into seas of temperatures about 4 to 5 degrees Celsius this time of year.
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This is a tragic incident. I can understand that this man and his daughter were worried about their dogs because the water was really cold and their dogs could died, but it is not worth to risk your own life for them. Normally they just come out by themselves. It is really sad to read this type of news; they did not think when they decide to entered the sea. The water was too cold and he died of hypothermia. I hope other people can learn from this terrible accident and think before doing something like this.
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