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Death finds tsunami survivor
18/01/2005 07:07 - (SA)
Singapore - A British outdoor sports enthusiast who escaped killer waves with his wife while on a beach holiday in Thailand has died after a rock climbing accident in Singapore, a news report said on Tuesday.
Singapore-based James Creffield, 39, fell from a relatively low height at a former quarry in a nature reserve here on Saturday but suffered head injuries and died after being rushed to a hospital, the Straits Times said.
The computer consultant and his Singaporean wife were in Krabi, Thailand on December 26 when waves generated by a massive earthquake off Indonesia ravaged Thai beaches, but this failed to dent Creffield's love for outdoor sports.
"On Saturday, it was the perfect day for climbing, so he told me. He was having fun with his close friends. He was a happy man," the victim's wife Geetha, a teacher, was quoted as saying at his funeral on Monday.
- AFP
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