I hope we don't know these guys...

[pigeonfisher]

The photo attached to the article is earily reminiscent of a scene during my brother in laws stag party in the French River. We were only recovering from hangovers though.

 

I can't imagine what these young men must be feeling.

 

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[Squid]

really tragic stuff, Steve.

[Cookslav]

dang...

 

The mouth into Arnolds bay has some wonky currents I can only Imagine the volume and speed of water right at the falls.

Not a place to swim for sure.

[addy79]

brutal...

 

poor guys.

 

how strong can that current be? I would never swim right there but it never looks THAT strong to me!

 

i guess you never know....

[Dozer]

Panic... I think ( not knowing how rough this water really is ), that their first instinct was to head straight for the closest bank, resulting in panic and loss of great amounts of energy...

 

Should they have beeen dragged down further down stream into calmer water things may have changed?

 

Regardless, this is a tragic story.