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Bystanders save lives Karim fishing pier on Hoekse
"I ran to my stuff. The next time I can remember I was in the water. " Fortunately, Karim Amrane still retell in his bed in the Haga Hospital in The Hague. A night fishing with friends on the wild pier in Hoek van Holland went wrong.
I weigh more than 80 kilos. I am not a feather, but the waves hit me in the water, '' said the 41-year Amrane. By boats just beyond the pier sail the sea, may be in Corner meter high waves. It was for the victim and his fishing friend Ab HamHam from Leidschendam a case of "wrong place, wrong time."
The wave hit Hagenaar Amrane through the rocks into the water. Two bystanders jumped him and fished him out. ,, Those ships sail there really hard. When I saw the wave coming, I ran to my stuff. The next time I can remember, I was in the water. ''
In shock
The result: his leg was broken in four places and he perishes at times of pain. With morphine, he is still somewhat numb. Amrane: ,, I lie really shaking badly. I'm still in shock. ''
His friend HamHam remained unharmed. He is particularly alarmed by the violence of the wet Hoekse pier. ,, However there are warning signs that waves can be, but there also appeared to be a southwesterly and it was high tide. It was so dangerous, but our first time in Hoek van Holland, and for the time being also the last. Of course there are more people who, like us, do not know this danger. I worry for the elderly and children who come here. That will again mistake. ''
,, I have literally taken a wet suit. That's not so bad. Those people who are my size have removed real heroes, because I and a friend of us were in shock. I tried to call 112, but my phone was wet and did not. Fortunately wanted those men who saved a while longer until the ambulance was there Amrane. Thank goodness he is also all right. ''
After the wave Amrane water struck, HamHam saw in the distance again approaching wave. ,, We were shocked to naturally broken, but the ship Stena Line must have seen us. Because he suddenly reduced speed. Therefore, the wave was not so high, because I do not know how it ended, '' he concluded.
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