Staff Reporters
An 8-year-old Pattaya girl drowned Jan 25 after she
slipped and fell into a deep pond on Soi Siam Country Club.
The body of Athitaya Sungchaipoom, a student a
Nernplabwan School, was pulled from the water by Sawang Boriboon Foundation
divers after a 30-minute search. Her 37-year-old mother Banjong had to be
treated for shock after fainting.
Nearby resident Nat Somboon, 70, said five children ran
up to him asking to save their friend who’d fallen in the pond. By the time
he got there, he saw only air bubbles and called rescuers, who arrived too
late.