Missing Korean Piha fisherman: Family clinging to hope man still alive, friend says
14 May, 2021 07:26 AM
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James Lea, Drowning Prevention Auckland operations manager with In Kyong Kim, Police Attache at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea. Photo / Alex Burton
James Lea, Drowning Prevention Auckland operations manager with In Kyong Kim, Police Attache at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea. Photo / Alex Burton
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH
The family of a Korean fisherman, missing for almost a month since falling off Camel Rock in Piha, is still clinging to hope that he may be found alive.
SunStar Sailor survived ordeal by clinging to life vest, says mom
Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Samsam Gullas (right) meets with Warlito and Lisa Villanueva (left), the parents of Jojie Villanueva, one of seven sailors that survived the ill-fated LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground in Surigao del Norte on Monday, April 19, 2021. (Talisay City Mayor s Office)
+ April 22, 2021 JOJIE Villanueva, one of the 20 sailors of the ill-fated LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground in a coastal town in Surigao del Norte on Monday, April 19, 2021, was able to survive his ordeal by clinging to his life vest for at least two days before he was rescued.
Rapper DMX clinging to life in ICU following drug overdose
4 Apr, 2021 07:35 PM
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Rapper DMX has been hospitalised and is in a critical condition after suffering an overdose. Video / Getty
Rapper DMX has been hospitalised and is in a critical condition after suffering an overdose. Video / Getty
NZ Herald
Grammy-nominated rapper DMX, real name Earl Simmons, remains in a New York hospital in grave condition, followed a heart attack triggered by a drug overdose.
Despite reports yesterday that he was now breathing on his own, that is still not true and the rapper remains on life support and in critical condition.
Men left clinging to chilly bin in Firth of Thames praise quick-thinking cops for rescue
9 Mar, 2021 12:16 AM
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Zak Grammer and Jordan Ishigaki hold on to the chilly bin as they await their rescue. Photo / NZ Police
Zak Grammer and Jordan Ishigaki hold on to the chilly bin as they await their rescue. Photo / NZ Police
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Two Waikato men left clinging to a chilly bin after they were thrown out of their boat in rough conditions on the Firth of Thames have praised police for their help.
Zak Grammer and Jordan Ishigaki told the Police Ten One magazine that despite checking the conditions on February 10, describing them as flat as a pancake , they were shocked that within an hour of setting off they d be turfed into the water.