{"id":44034,"date":"2025-02-07T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/seun-9-verdrink-in-plaasdam-20250205-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:20:43","slug":"seun-9-verdrink-in-plaasdam-20250205-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/seun-9-verdrink-in-plaasdam-20250205-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Seun (9) se lyk in plaasdam gevind, maatjies wou glo nie s\u00ea hy het verdrink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die soektog na Francisco Isaacs (9) van Amstelhof in die Paarl het Maandagmiddag (3 Februarie) tot \u2019n tragiese einde gekom toe polisiedui\u00adkers en die honde-eenheid sy liggaam digby die R101\/Du Toitskloofpad naby die Hugenote-tolplaza uit \u2019n plaasdam getrek het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francisco is Sondag (2 Februarie) deur sy familie by die Paarl-Oos-polisie as vermis aangemeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy en twee van sy vriende het glo die Sondagmiddag by die dam geswem. Die dam, wat tans nie omhein is nie, se omheining is glo gesteel, wat dit maklik maak vir enigiemand om die terrein te betree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Paarl Post<\/em> kon teen druktyd nie bevestig aan wie die plaasdam behoort nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapt. Louise du Plessis, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Paarl-polisie, het bevestig dat \u2019n geregtelike nadoodse ondersoek deur die polisie geopen is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens haar het die Paarl-Oos-polisie Sondag \u2019n soektog van stapel gestuur en Maandag polisieduikers asook die honde-eenheid by die soektog betrek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shureta Majoor, Francisco se tannie wat hom grootgemaak het, het aan <em>Paarl Post<\/em> ges\u00ea die familie en Francisco se maatjies, wat saam met hom geswem het, is verpletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns sukkel nog om te verstaan hoekom hulle daar sou gaan swem, want ons sou hulle altyd vra om weg te bly van sulke plekke. As dit warm was, sou hy altyd hier by die huis in \u2019n drom water afkoel, of ons sou tot by die munisipale swembaddens stap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_53fa7176\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Francisco Isaacs (9)\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12574\/5fb89ac4061a4da5b23d8c43d5fab41f.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b6f8056e1cd94adbad1de38ca78203f8.jpg\" title=\"Francisco Isaacs (9)\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Francisco Isaacs (9)<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Majoor het ges\u00ea hulle het Sondag deur die nag na hom gesoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns bure en ander in die straat het gehelp. Ons het tot Maandagoggend 06:00 nog na hom gesoek en die soektog om 09:00 hervat. Ons was nie seker of hy wel by die dam kon wees nie en het dus op ander plekke ook gesoek. Die polisie het toe Maandagmiddag sy ma kom haal nadat \u2019n kind se liggaam in die dam gevind is. Dit was Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Majoor het Francisco se twee maats nie dadelik Sondadmiddag aan die familie kom vertel dat hy verdrink het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns vermoed dat hulle maar nog in daai stadium geskok was. Selfs bang. Hulle het seker self nie geweet hoe om die gebeure te hanteer nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die mamma van een van Francisco se maats het glo later aan Majoor kom s\u00ea dat haar seun erken het dat hulle in die dam geswem en Francisco toe verdrink het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francisco was \u2019n gr. 3-leerder aan Amstelhof Prim\u00eare Skool. Hy was \u2019n kranige rugby- en krieketspeler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHy was veral lief vir rugby. 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