LONG BEACH, Calif (KABC) -- A school field trip turned into a horrifying incident for a group of elementary school children Friday after a deckhand choked to death while trying to amuse the students.
The incident happened when they were aboard the charter boat Gale Force on a fishing trip along the Long Beach breakwater on Friday.
To amuse the children, deckhand Jeff Twaddle put a bait fish in his mouth. It lodged in his throat, and he lost consciousness.
Attempts to dislodge the fish and to perform CPR failed, and 54-year-old Twaddle died.
The boat's owner, Capt. Dan Salas told the Long Beach Press Telegram, "It's a tragic, freak accident. We're all so saddened by this," the boat's owner Capt. Dan Salas told the Press-Telegram.
About 20 children from an LAUSD elementary school witnessed the accident.
The district sent a note home to their parents, offering grief counseling for the students who might be upset about what happened.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6741457
Posthumously, of course.
The incident happened when they were aboard the charter boat Gale Force on a fishing trip along the Long Beach breakwater on Friday.
To amuse the children, deckhand Jeff Twaddle put a bait fish in his mouth. It lodged in his throat, and he lost consciousness.
Attempts to dislodge the fish and to perform CPR failed, and 54-year-old Twaddle died.
The boat's owner, Capt. Dan Salas told the Long Beach Press Telegram, "It's a tragic, freak accident. We're all so saddened by this," the boat's owner Capt. Dan Salas told the Press-Telegram.
About 20 children from an LAUSD elementary school witnessed the accident.
The district sent a note home to their parents, offering grief counseling for the students who might be upset about what happened.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6741457
Posthumously, of course.