Party guests try to help mum and daughter on Gold Coast beach
Guests at a gender reveal party at a Queensland beach risked their lives to try to save a woman who drowned whilst helping her own daughter.
The 51-year-old mother and her teenage daughter got into trouble in the treacherous Froggies Beach swell on the Gold Coast nearby where the party was being held on the beach.
Shoieb Fadeh, 31, who was at the party, rushed into the water to help but then had to be saved himself.
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Shoieb Fadeh, 31, who was at the party, rushed into the water to help alongside lifesavers after seeing the rescue unfold - but then had to be saved himself. Nine
He described via an interpreter what happened.
He told 9News he didn't think the conditions would be as dangerous and felt "his soul leave his body" as he struggled in the water.
Paramedics rushed Fadeh to hospital in a serious condition.
Shoieb Fadeh, 31, puts his hand up for help after getting into trouble while trying to help. Nine
His sister Maryam Balouch, who was holding the party, said it was "very stressful" to see her brother get into trouble.
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Rescuers eventually managed to haul the 14-year-old girl to shore but her mother died.
Rescuers did also manage to haul the 14-year-old girl to shore, but her mother died. Nine
Hossein Mansoudiya, the expectant father at the gender reveal party, said before she died the woman told rescuers to help her child.
"She said 'please save my daughter'," he said.
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