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Australian lesbian missing, likely dead after crocodile attack; screamed 'a croc has got me' as partner tried in vain to save her
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An Australian woman is missing and feared dead after she was
snatched by a crocodile while swimming in Queensland.
Cindy Waldron of Lithgow was in waist-deep water on a crocodile-
infested beach when the animal struck around 10:30 p.m. Sunday
local time, The Independent reported.
As she screamed “a croc has got me,” her friend Leeann Mitchell
tried in vain to grab her and pull her in to safety, according
to Australia’s Channel 7 News.
“You can’t legislate against human stupidity,” Warren Entsch, a
federal parliament member, said Monday.
“This is a tragedy but it was avoidable. There are warning signs
everywhere up there.”
Thornton’s Beach — the area north of Daintree River where the
attack occurred — is located in a national park that is home to
a number of crocodile tours, so Entsch said the women should
have been aware of the danger, even though they weren’t locals.
“You can only get there by ferry, and there are signs there
saying watch out for the bloody crocodiles,” he said.
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“If you go in swimming at 10 o’clock at night, you’re going to
get consumed.”
Search and rescue operations were still underway Monday, though
a helicopter using thermal imaging equipment found no traces of
the missing 46-year-old on the night of her disappearance.
Her surviving friend was taken to a hospital with a grazed arm.
"The report that we have from the surviving woman is that they
felt a nudge and her partner started to scream and then was
dragged into the water,” Neil Noble of Queensland Ambulance
Service said.
Waldron, a New Zealand native, had been living in Lithgow for
nearly two decades and traveled to Queensland to visit friends —
including the one who tried to save her.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/australian-woman-missing-
crocodile-attack-article-1.2654831
snatched by a crocodile while swimming in Queensland.
Cindy Waldron of Lithgow was in waist-deep water on a crocodile-
infested beach when the animal struck around 10:30 p.m. Sunday
local time, The Independent reported.
As she screamed “a croc has got me,” her friend Leeann Mitchell
tried in vain to grab her and pull her in to safety, according
to Australia’s Channel 7 News.
“You can’t legislate against human stupidity,” Warren Entsch, a
federal parliament member, said Monday.
“This is a tragedy but it was avoidable. There are warning signs
everywhere up there.”
Thornton’s Beach — the area north of Daintree River where the
attack occurred — is located in a national park that is home to
a number of crocodile tours, so Entsch said the women should
have been aware of the danger, even though they weren’t locals.
“You can only get there by ferry, and there are signs there
saying watch out for the bloody crocodiles,” he said.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2654828.1464634885!/
img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/croc31n-2-
web.jpg
“If you go in swimming at 10 o’clock at night, you’re going to
get consumed.”
Search and rescue operations were still underway Monday, though
a helicopter using thermal imaging equipment found no traces of
the missing 46-year-old on the night of her disappearance.
Her surviving friend was taken to a hospital with a grazed arm.
"The report that we have from the surviving woman is that they
felt a nudge and her partner started to scream and then was
dragged into the water,” Neil Noble of Queensland Ambulance
Service said.
Waldron, a New Zealand native, had been living in Lithgow for
nearly two decades and traveled to Queensland to visit friends —
including the one who tried to save her.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/australian-woman-missing-
crocodile-attack-article-1.2654831
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