2011 Præstø Fjord dragon boat accident

Dragon boat accident in Præstø Fjord, Denmark 55 08 N 12 02 E type:event_region:DK title 2011 02 11 11:22 CET 6 hours, 36 minutes Lundby Efterskole Præstø Fjord, Præstø, Denmark Dragon boat capsizing Capsize due to wind 1 14 The 2011 Præstø Fjord dragon boat accident occurred on February 11, 2011, north of Præstø, Denmark. The incident involved 13 students and two teachers from Lundby Efterskole - a local continuation high school. The boat capsized due to the wind. This incident killed one of the teachers and injured most of the students, leaving several of them in permanent care. The body of the teacher, who was not wearing a lifejacket, was found over seven weeks later on April 3.Sådan forløb Præstø-ulykken, Ekstra Bladet, January 22, 2013 da History by timeline February 11, 2011 At 11:00 the students sailed out from the harbor of Præstø in their dragon boat to break a record set by other students two days before. At 11:22 the boat capsized. Because no one on board had a phone or a radio, the students had to swim ashore to alert the authorities. One student ran the 2.1 km back to Præstø town and placed the first emergency call at 12:42 prompting a large scale rescue mission. Several of the students were found unconscious in the water and seven were determined to be clinically dead. The thirteen students and one teacher were transported by ambulance or helicopter to six different hospitals on Zealand, six were admitted to Rigshospitalet. At 15:34 the boat was located and its surroundings checked. At 17:58 the rescue mission was called off with the other teacher still missing. https://www.bt.dk/samfund/karoline-overlevede-praestoe-ulykken-for-otte-aar-siden-det-er-fandeme-en-kamp-at Karoline overlevede Præstø-ulykken for otte år siden: 'Det er fandeme en kamp at komme igennem hver dag' bt.dk Trina Nielsen 2019-02-11 2020-12-27 Danish Karoline survived the Præstø accident eight years ago: It's a damn struggle to get through every day The seven critical cases had body temperatures in the range 15.5 - 20.2 °C °F and were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, the other survivors had hypothermia with core body temperatures as low as 23 °C. Subsequent neurorehabilitation evaluated via Functional Independence Measure was good in all but one survivor. Among the critical cases, six suffered mild to moderate cognitive dysfunction and one severe dysfunction. Outcome of accidental hypothermia with or without circulatory arrest - Experience from the Danish Præstø Fjord boating accident Michael Wanscher Lisbeth Agersnap Jesper Ravn Stig Yndgaard Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen Else R. Danielsen Christian Hassager Bertil Romner Carsten Thomsen Steen Barnung Anne Grethe Lorentzen Hans Høgenhaven Matthew Davis Jacob Eifer Møller 2012-05-28 https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(12)00258-4/fulltext Resuscitation 83 9 1078–1084 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.009 22634431 2020-12-28 subscription 2012 The management of the school was charged with manslaughter in the death of the teacher. A trial started January 2012. Based on previous trials involving incidents at similar boarding schools, the school risked being fined. During the trial it was revealed that the students felt pressured to participate in risky activities because those who refused were punished.Præstø-elever turde ikke at sige nej til sejltur inden ulykken, Denmarks Radio, January 14, 2013 da On February 1, 2013, the court in Nykøbing Falster ruled that the school would be fined 25 fines of DKK 25,000. The headmaster of the school was sentenced to 60 days in prison, suspended. He was also banned from teaching any activities on water for three years Convictions handed down in boating tragedy, by Christian Wenande, The Copenhagen Post, February 1, 2013 2015 On September 25, 2015, the Medal for Noble Deeds was awarded to four of the students for their deeds at the accident.http://www.b.dk/nationalt/ulykken-har-gjort-de-smukke-dage-ekstra-smukke-men-ogsaa-de-moerke-dage-lidt-moer Ulykken har gjort de smukke dage ekstra smukke, men også de mørke dage lidt mørkere B.dk 25 September 2015 2015-09-26 Danish Popular culture On December 3, 2019, BBC Story premiered a documentary Life after Death: How seven kids came back from the dead, which interviewed all seven survivors.https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-50630441 How seven kids came back from the dead BBC News See also 2007 Tonlé Sap dragon boat accident 2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy References External links Life after Death: How seven kids came back from the dead Category:Maritime incidents in 2011 Category:Maritime incidents in Denmark Category:2011 in Danish sport Category:Boating accident deaths Category:Accidental deaths in Denmark Category:February 2011 in Europe Category:February 2011 in Denmark