Daughter loses fight to rescue father

A woman clung desperately to save her drowning father before he was torn from her grasp by a swollen river.

Daughter loses fight to rescue father
Mon, 06 Aug, 2012 - 01:00
Eoin English and Mark Kennedy

Julian Hart, 73, from Dalkey in Dublin, drowned after falling into the Avoca River while on a family picnic with his daughter, Eileen, and his three grandchildren at The Meeting of the Waters beauty spot in Co Wicklow on Saturday.

He suffered a suspected heart attack and fell into the river at Thomas Moore Park.

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CourtsHealthPlace: DalkeyPlace: DublinPlace: Avoca RiverPlace: Co WicklowPlace: Thomas Moore ParkPlace: Woodenbridge Golf ClubPlace: Tallaght HospitalPlace: Lough DergPlace: Nancy’s WellPlace: OgonnelloePlace: Co ClarePlace: Ballinacurra GardensPlace: LimerickPerson: Julian HartPerson: EileenPerson: HartPerson: Colin MoorePerson: MoorePerson: Pat DanaherPerson: GardaíPerson: PatPerson: OgonnelloePerson: FrPerson: Donagh O’MearaPerson: DanaherPerson: PaulinePerson: RachelPerson: LauraPerson: LeoPerson: BridiePerson: TonyPerson: MoniquePerson: SamanthaPerson: SoniaPerson: NatashaEvent: The Meeting of theOrganisation: Coast GuardOrganisation: Coast Guard groundOrganisation: Civil DefenceOrganisation: ArklowOrganisation: Marine Casualty Investigation Bureau
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