Sean was with his family at Macritchie reservoir for canoeing. His kids had wanted to canoe for a long time coming but Sean was busy with his work. Now that he could take leave off to spend time with his family, he thought this would be the best time to bring his kids canoeing.
"Come on kids, you have to hurry in order to canoe," Sean said to his children
"Coming daddy," his son Alex said.
Sean reached the canoe renting place with his children and rented a 3-seater canoe. He could not wait to paddle around the reservoir with his children and show them the rich wildlife that inhabited the reservoir.
"Come on daddy," his daughter Hui Wen said.
Sean put the canoe on the water and helped his son and daughter into the canoe. He started paddling across the reservoir. He pointed at the animals and trees that lined around the coast of the reservoir.
Suddenly, the water around him started to ripple. Another earthquake, he thought. He didn't think much of it as he had gotten used to the shaking. However, he was just about to paddle when the water around him started to bubble. He was curious and stopped to take a look. The bubbles were getting bigger and within a split second, he and his children were thrown up nearly 60 feet into the air by a gush of boiling water. Water sprayed all over them. The three of them crashed hard on the water. His son and daughter were killed instantly by the crash. Sean lost consciousness and drowned.
People who were at the café rushed out to see the spectacular geyser that erupted from the water after the earthquake. However, all of them were in shock when they saw three bodies in the sky.
"Someone call 995," a passer-by said.
People frantically called 995 as they watched the family of three crash hard into the water. Everyone gasped. A few people wanted to go into the water to save the family of three but were stopped by other people who thought it to be too dangerous due to the boiling water that covered the area.
The ambulance soon arrived. Divers were called in to try to save the family of three. However, after the divers retrieved the bodies, the bodies were pronounced as dead.