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3 Graffiti Artists + Storm drain = 2 dead, 1 survived.
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The drowning deaths of two people and the miraculous escape of another in a Sydney stormwater drain is a clear warning to thrillseekers, says the man.
A 25-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman drowned when a flood of storm water swept them about a kilometre along the drain late yesterday to an ocean outfall, which is blocked by a metal grate.
Their 27-year-old companion survived after he was squeezed through the grate into pounding surf at Lurline Bay, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The traumatised man, from Pennant Hills in Sydney, was rescued by a boardrider and his teenage son after they spotted him in trouble in the rough seas.
Police said the three had climbed 50 metres down into the drain through a manhole at Maroubra at about 5.30pm (AEDT) yesterday, apparently to spray-paint graffiti on the tunnel walls.
Heavy rain from a storm suddenly filled the drain with water, trapping and carrying them east to the ocean.
Maroubra lifeguards Peter Halcro, 45, and Paul Moffatt, 35, who retrieved the two bodies, said conditions inside the drain made the recovery incredibly difficult.
"Inside the drain it was going dark with the surf pounding up through the drain ... while these bodies were just floating around and there was also stormwater coming out the other way," Mr Halcro told reporters.
"We were dealing with dirty water and large surf."
Mr Moffatt, who helped work the bodies out through the bars, towed the body of the woman out to sea so the rescue helicopter could winch it to a nearby rock ledge.
He said the recovery of the bodies of the West Pennant Hills man and St Peters woman was one of the trickiest operations he had ever been involved in.
Westpac Life Saver rescue crewman Brett Christensen was lowered down by helicopter cable just outside the storm drain, and fastened the woman's body to another cable before it was winched to paramedics waiting on the cliff.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23085580-5001021,00.html
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