1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Murray Old Ozzie correspondents with that's alla muz Hello, Heather 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: good up and into you. You got some more details 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: on the death of that cruise passenger. That's right. She 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: was an eighty year old woman from New South Wales. 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Suzanne Reese and her family absolutely furious she was left 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: behind on that island, Lizard Island, on the weekend. She 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: was at the start. This cruise ship was making a 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: circumnavigation of Australia, and of course great excitement, I'll understand, 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: was the first weekend of this trip and they put 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: into Lizard Island and those who want to go ashore 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: for a bushwalk are allowed to do so. They're on 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: bought the Coral Adventurer by the way, So they've gone 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: ashore from an excursion on Saturday. Miss rees amongst them. 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: She's eighty years old, she's a mum at grandmother. She's 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: gone ashore. We're told she's very, very fit. She used 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: to enjoy bushwalking, a very outdoorsy fit eighty year old. 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: But on this walk that she became ill, we understand, 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: and she was asked to head back down towards the ship. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Now everybody's come back that afternoon around five o'clock. We 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: understand the crew did not realize that Miss Lee's was 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: not on board until dinner time. Right, no check was 22 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: done when the guests returned from Lizard Island, So at 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: dinner time they've started checking the vessel. The crew's gone 24 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: from top to bottom. Ten o'clock the alarm is raised. 25 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: On Saturday night, half a dozen crew hopping a little 26 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: Zodiac style boat and raced back to Lizard Island and 27 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: the Coral Adventurer turns around, gets back after midnight and 28 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: the body was found on Sunday. As I say, the 29 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: ship was on the second day of a circumnavigation of 30 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: the country, and well, you know, a Missri's family is 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: absolutely furious. It's just amazing to me. I must have 32 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: done a ten or a dozen cruises, and it's like 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: military operation. When you go on and off of a 34 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: cruise ship, they check you off. You have to have 35 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: like photo ID. It's just beyond imagination how this has happened. Yeah, 36 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: fair point. Listen, how did this cricketer die after getting 37 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: the ball in the neck? What happened here? Well, there 38 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: are so many eerie similarities with what happened to a 39 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: Test player back on twenty fourteen, young guy Philip Hughes, 40 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: he was batting in a Sheffield Shield match at the 41 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: Sydney Cricket Ground and he was hitting the neck by 42 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: a bouncer. They say he was dead before he hit 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: the ground. It hit him right in the back of 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: the neck. He was wearing a helmet, but the ball 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: he's turned around as the balls come in. The balls 46 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: hit him in the back of the neck. It's just 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: popped that very important artery that I can't remember the 48 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: name of the artery but supplies blood to the brain. 49 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: And the poor Philip Hughes is dead before he hits 50 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: the deck. It's that quick. He actually was turned off 51 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: by his family two days later. And that's what's happened 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: with this poor young fellow down in Melbourne. He was batting. 53 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: It was an after school practice. He was having what 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: they call throwdowns as a mechanical ball chucker, and it 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: just chucks balls at batsmen and it looks like he's 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: ducked into a ball and he's got that in the neck. 57 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: He too was wearing a helmet. This young fellow, Ben Austen, 58 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: he was treaded at the scene and rushed off the 59 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: hospital but he could not be saved. Mom, Dan and 60 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: two brothers were there when he died. Now some club cricketers, 61 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: of course, will be wearing black armbands this weekend. It's 62 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: just so sad. A young guy, apparently he had a 63 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: great at football as well, a real lovely young man, 64 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: hadn't finished school yet and now he's gone. So it's 65 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: just so sad. So is there maybe a case for 66 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: dropping the helmet a little bit at the back and 67 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: creating a bit of a shield for the back of 68 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: the neck. Well, they've done that, Heather, they've done that. 69 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: There's actually a little sort of flap that comes around 70 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: down the back. I don't know what it's made of. 71 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: When I was playing Test crip, when I was playing 72 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: Test cricket, when I was playing cricket all those years ago, 73 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: we didn't have helmelets. We only had little caps and 74 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: I don't remember anyone ever getting hit in the head. 75 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: And I don't think we're bowling fast enough to get 76 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: up that high. Yeah, but yes, after Philip Hughes it 77 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: was mandatory you had to have these little things attached 78 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: to the bom of a helmet, a bit like a 79 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: press dad thing, I guess, And it acts as sort 80 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: of a color, but it didn't help you, young Ben. 81 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: I'm afraid and he's passed away. Buddy also said, unfortunate, Maz, 82 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: thank you very much, appreciate it. Murray OL's Australia correspondent. 83 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 84 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 85 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.