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Community shocked over Tathra wharf accident

Source: Lateline
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:41 AEDT
Expires: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:41 AEDT

A father and his two sons have died while on a fishing trip on the New South Wales coast. Shane O'Neill drowned while trying to save his two young boys who had fallen off a wharf into choppy waters.

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Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, australia, nsw, tathra-2550

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