News by Cydonee Mardon
Premium Content Only one of three fishermen who drowned after being swept off a rock platform south of Sydney on Friday night was wearing a lifejacket. Emergency services rushed to the popular rock fishing spot at Hill 60 in Port Kembla about 10pm on Friday after reports large waves had swept multiple people into the water. Five men were swept off the rocks but two managed to clamber back to safety. Three men, 45-year-old Tiuli Misipati and 49-year-old Tauasa Taugaele from Green Valley in Sydney s south west and 69-year-old Joo Sung Jung from Campsie, drowned. Lake Illawarra Police Acting Commander Gordon Dunlop said the men in their 40s were related but did not know the 69-year-old.