By The SUN
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| The Filipino was windsurfing like these three people when he fell off a boat and drowned |
A Filipino domestic helper who drowned while windsurfing in Victoria Harbour may have suffered a stroke which
caused him to fall off the boat, according to sources at the Consulate.
Edgar, 46, fell into the sea off the cruise terminal in Ngau Tau Kok
at about 3:45pm on Nov. 27.
A police spokeswoman said the Filipino fell into the harbor
while windsurfing with a friend, a 48-year-old local man named Wein.
Wein and another informant, also a local named Yim, 51, as
well as people on passing boats tried to help the victim but he was already
unconscious when pulled out of the water, the spokeswoman said.
He was taken to Ruttonjee
Hospital in Wanchai where
he was certified dead at 4:55pm.
According to Welfare Officer Marivic C. Clarin, stroke is
seen as the likely cause of Edgar’s death as he appeared to have died shortly
after falling into the water, and despite efforts of several people to rescue
him.
A postmortem has already been carried out, but the results
won’t be known until after three months.
Edgar’s remains are set to be flown home to the Philippines
on Dec. 15.
A few hours before he died, Edgar had reportedly prepared food
for his young son’s birthday party on that fateful day, before going off to
work for his employer of more than four years.
The employer and his son had reportedly taken Edgar with
them to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in Causeway Bay
for windsurfing.
Edgar, who was single, reportedly had a partner in Hong Kong, a fellow OFW who bore him a son who is now
about 8 years old. The boy’s birthday party had to be cancelled in the wake of
his father’s death.
Sources said Edgar’s OFW siblings who are here are helping his
partner attend to the processing of his repatriation papers.
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