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Reuben Kee... Dead?

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VirusZero

Posted: Nov 25 2007, 01:59 PM

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For those of you who don't know of Reuben Kee, he was an excellent piano player, he submitted to OCRemix on numberous occasions. (If you haven't heard his works, go to his ocremix page and take a listen, and don't dismiss his work because your not a fan of the piano, give it a listen anyway.)

Apparently he was killed in a boat accident.

From the Singaporean national newspaper, The Straits Times

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November 25, 2007

TOP OF THE NEWS

Five missing Singapore rowers feared dead

Judith Tan
In Phnom Penh
Liaw Wy-Cin
In Singapore

When the search for the five missing dragon boat racers in Cambodia resumes this morning, chances of finding them alive appear to be bleak.

It would have been about 40 hours since the boat carrying 22 Singapore dragon boat racers capsized in the river on Friday.

Singapore naval divers will be using sonar equipment to comb the Tonle Sap River near the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, together with local rescue workers.

According to eyewitnesses, survivors and race officials, the Singapore team was making its way back to the starting point, after the race, when the tragedy occurred.

Instead of waiting for a boat to tow them back, the team had decided to row towards shore themselves.

When they were close to shore, a wave hit them, causing the boat to collide with a pontoon and overturn. Team members were sucked under the pontoon. Seventeen racers surfaced and five did not.

The missing racers are: Jeremy Goh, 24; Stephen Low, 31; Reuben Kee, 23; Poh Boon San, 27 and Chee Wei Cheng, 20.

It is believed that a combination of strong currents and fatigue after the race could play a part in the likely drowning of the five men. They could also have been knocked unconscious when the 500kg boat capsized in the 9m-deep water.

The racers were not wearing life jackets.

One survivor who declined to be named said the team panicked under water and the current was pushing them down, so they all kicked their way upwards. He was treated for bruises on his face.

Eyewitness Joey Paraiso said on television last night that the current was strong. "It happened so quickly. The Singaporean rowers, one by one, floated and saved themselves. There were some railings that they were able to hold on to.

"They were not able to swim normally, so they just looked for something to hang on to... The current was a bit strong," he said.

The race was held to celebrate Cambodia's Water Festival, which takes place each year at full moon to celebrate the changing of the Tonle Sap River course.

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BlackRyuX	Posted: Nov 27 2007, 11:30 PM
popular Group: Members Posts: 856 Member No.: 118 Joined: 30-March 05	D: That is very saddening.

VirusZero	Posted: Nov 28 2007, 11:42 AM
insomniac Group: Admin/Black-X Legion Admin Posts: 3,760 Member No.: 108 Joined: 19-February 05	It is, but you know it's slightly amazing that people can find out in a very short time about things that happen to someone they never really knew and then could gather together and mourn for them or their families or wish them well... Kinda like having a massively extended family...

+ Shadic_X	Posted: Nov 29 2007, 09:12 PM
getting warmed up Group: Special Posts: 295 Member No.: 365 Joined: 1-January 06	Also Reuben Kee made MUGEN chars. At this Mugen forum I go to, everyone is making tributes for him.

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