Old Blue hero in the news
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:07 pm
We received a message from an Old Blue about the recent heroics of Old Blue Guy Vesey, currently working in Australia.
An Old Blue emerged a hero at a tragic accident in Sydney Harbour in March of this year, when a ferry smashed into and sank a pleasure cruiser beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Guy Vesey (PeB 1994 - 2001) jumped from the Mosman ferry into the harbour to help the victims of the ferry collision.
According to eyewitness reports, he jumped in and out of the harbour… retrieving bodies and limbs, and was “in the thick of itâ€.
Mr Vesey, 23, said that it was “instinct†that drove him to dive in.
“I could see the bow of a small vessel pointing up out of the water. A number of bodies, some conscious some unconscious, were in the water. There was quite a lot of blood. It was smashed up quite badly – bits of deck everywhere.â€
Guy, who is due to return to England next month, said that he heard “Lots of cries for help… a lot of panicâ€, but he realised “I could be of more use in the water.†He is an experience yachtsman and swimmer, and said that at that stage he did not know that three people had died and that a 14 year old girl was missing.
An Old Blue emerged a hero at a tragic accident in Sydney Harbour in March of this year, when a ferry smashed into and sank a pleasure cruiser beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Guy Vesey (PeB 1994 - 2001) jumped from the Mosman ferry into the harbour to help the victims of the ferry collision.
According to eyewitness reports, he jumped in and out of the harbour… retrieving bodies and limbs, and was “in the thick of itâ€.
Mr Vesey, 23, said that it was “instinct†that drove him to dive in.
“I could see the bow of a small vessel pointing up out of the water. A number of bodies, some conscious some unconscious, were in the water. There was quite a lot of blood. It was smashed up quite badly – bits of deck everywhere.â€
Guy, who is due to return to England next month, said that he heard “Lots of cries for help… a lot of panicâ€, but he realised “I could be of more use in the water.†He is an experience yachtsman and swimmer, and said that at that stage he did not know that three people had died and that a 14 year old girl was missing.
