November 21, 2009
- Portland, Oregon
Group hit by sneaker wave was scattering loved one's ashes
- SAGLE, Idaho - The woman and two of her sons who were swept
out to sea by a rogue wave along the Oregon coast this week had
gone to the shore to scatter the ashes of her late husband.
72-year-old Pamela Flynn went to Agate Beach near Port Orford to honor one of the last wishes of David Flynn. He who died in August at the age of 75. Her sons, 44-year-old Thomas Flynn and 42-year-old Brian Flynn with her when the wave struck the shore and washed them off the beach, according to the sheriff's office in Curry County. Mrs. Flynn and her son Thomas drowned. Brian Flynn survived and was treated for hypothermia. All were from Sagle, in north Idaho near Lake Pend Oreille. A rogue waves is an unusually large wave. They occasionally catch people unaware along the coast. (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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