- Backpacker saved boy’s life and dragged the drowning mother to shore Tuesday
- Tracey Williams, 46, died at Emu Park, central Queensland, trying to save her son
- The backpacker claims he’s not a hero because ‘two little boys without a mother’
A mother who drowned in the rough ocean was rescuing her young son after the pair got in trouble.
Tracey Williams, 46, was swimming with her five-year-old son when tragic incident occurred at Emu Park, central Queensland, on Tuesday afternoon.
The mother-of-two was urgently resuscitated after she was pulled from the water by a backpacker but was declared dead at the scene at about 4.50pm.
Tracey Williams, 46, (pictured) was swimming with her five-year-old son when tragic incident occurred at Emu Park, central Queensland, on Tuesday afternoon
The mother-of-two was urgently resuscitated after she was pulled from the water by a backpacker but was declared dead at the scene (pictured) at about 4.50pm
The backpacker who saved the boy’s life said he wasn’t a hero because there are now ‘two little boys without a mother’, according to 9 News.
The young boy suffered hypothermia was taken to hospital.
Ms Williams’ other son told witnesses his mother and brother had drowned, the publication reported.
‘I couldn’t believe that someone was out in that frigging water the way it was – it was just so rough,’ they said.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Lieutenant Darryl Purdie told the Brisbane Times the rescuers did a ‘great job’ trying to save the woman.
‘On our arrival a backpacker was attending to the young child and some beach walkers had assisted in retrieval of the people from the water,’ he said.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Lieutenant Darryl Purdie told the Brisbane Times the rescuers did a ‘great job’ trying to save the woman