Vyf mense het sonder om twee keer te dink, in die yskoue water gespring om \u2019n walvis by St. Helenabaai te red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was bloot \u2019n gewone Saterdagmiddag (23 Maart) toe Johan van Eeden, voorsitter van die Weskus-hengelklub, aan \u2019n hengelkompetisie deelgeneem het toe sy dogter, Franci, \u2019n walvis op die rotse gewaar het. Dit het alles voor die Alegria-restaurant afgespeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johan vertel dat hulle aanvanklik nie eens geweet het dit is wel \u2019n walvis nie. Eers na nadere ondersoek kon hy dit bevestig \u2013 en daar en dan is besluit iets moet gedoen word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie walvis was tussen die rotse vasgevang en kon glad nie terug nie, want die water was in daardie stadium vlak. Ek en die jong man JP Tredoux het ingespring en begin stoei om die verskriklike groot vis terug in die see te kry. Nog twee manne het ingespring om ons te help en n\u00e1 \u2019n gesukkel en spartel het ons uiteindelik die vis veilig terug in dieper water gekry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johan vertel dat die dier baie gebloei het en angstig was \u2013 \u201cmaar dit was lekker om te sien hoe die walvis weer teruggeswem het in die water. Dit was regtig iets amazing <\/span>om te beleef.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben-Pierre Gerber en sy ouer broer, Marius, albei van buite die Weskus is die twee manne wat ingespring het om te help. Ben-Pierre vertel die familie het in St. Helenabaai gekuier en besluit om op di\u00e9 dag by die Alegria-restaurant \u2019n draai te maak toe hulle die walvis op die rotse sien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk en my broer het elkeen om en by ses jaar menseredding vir die George-munisipaliteit gedoen, dus het ons twee ervaring in sulke nood-omstandighede,\u201d s\u00ea Ben-Pierre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al was di\u00e9 twee manne nie juis voorbereid nie, het hulle, danksy die adrenalien wat ingeskop het, nie geskroom om te help nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koos Kleinsmith, \u2019n inwoner van Jacobsbaai, was in die restaurant toe hulle die gebeure sien afspeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het eers gedink dis \u2019n haai, maar toe sien ek die groot lyf en sien dis \u2019n walvis. Lyk my \u2019n golf het hom opgelig en op die klippe gegooi,\u201d vertel Koos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c \u2019n Paar ouens wat aan \u2019n hengel\u00adkompetisie deelgeneem het, het verby\u00adgekom. Ek het eers gedink dis NSRI se mense of iets. Die volgende oomblik is die ouens klere en al in die water! En wragtig, soos die gety ingekom het, het hulle die golwe gebruik en die walvis bietjie vir bietjie gestoot en die volgende oomblik was hy uit.\u201d Koos s\u00ea die walvis het ingeswem diep water toe en omgedraai en seker maar net dankie ges\u00ea. \u201cHulle is werklik helde in my o\u00eb.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vyf mense het sonder om twee keer te dink, in die yskoue water gespring om \u2019n walvis by St. Helenabaai te 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