Three women's bodies found in the sea at Brighton

[BlackTogetherAgain]

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

Why didn't anyone report three women were missing?

If it's a Channel crossing, from what I understand, it's rare that women go on the boats from France, and when they do they are pushed to the back / bottom, where the risk of being crushed is high.

If it's not a crossing, what on earth has happened?

Words can't express how evil this is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyg508gg28t

These are now the sixth, seventh and eighth black women to have been found dead in bodies of water in Southeast England since February 2024.

Calling Brighton beach a “known death trap” is misleading. Brighton seafront is used safely by thousands of people every year. What locals mean is that the sea can become dangerous in certain conditions -especially at night, in rough or choppy water, with strong currents, after drinking, or when people underestimate how quickly conditions can change.

There’s also an element of common sense involved, (though that’s not meant harshly or judgmentally towards the girls, but it's true nevertheless). Most people would recognise that going into the sea at 4-5am in rough, cold conditions carries a very different level of risk than swimming on a calm summer afternoon when lifeguards are present and there are lots of other people around.

That doesn’t make Brighton beach inherently deadly, it means the sea deserves respect, because conditions can become dangerous very quickly anywhere.

If this wasnt the case, there would be hundreds of deaths on Brighton beach every single year and very few people would survive a swim.

Near the a Pier is always going to be trickier than not - but no, not particularly unsafe
compared to the rest of the beach. Unless it’s bad weather, windy, choppy… which it was - all along the 4/5 miles of brighton & hove seafront that morning.

Yes but what a silly thing to
argue about when something like this happens. Honestly.

Totally agree. I can tell you what ‘locals’
are saying. We’re saying that it is awful, absolutely tragic that those young women lost their lives. And we’re talking to our kids and young people and reminding them to be careful, to respect the sea, to not go near it after a night out. And if a friend gets in trouble to stay OUT of the water and ring the coastguard, call for help, throw a ring if they can but to stay OUT of the water in choppy water.

But how many of them went into the water in the early hours possibly having been a bit drunk?

Yep. I had this conversation today actually. All of this.

I think there needs to be signs like the diagram I posted.

Also, as I said, a PP and I were there recently and saw no signs. (Brighton is my home town.) Whatever is there clearly isn't working. They need more effective, brighter signs.

Yes, that's where education is useful. Stats show that rescuers very often end up drowning, themselves. Much better to stay out of the water and call for help, and try to find something to hold out to the person that they can grab on to. Or get a life ring.

Some of the life rings at our river have throw bags in. These are excellent and I would suggest teenagers etc should have a chance to practise using them. I’m not sure if they are so effective or used in the sea?

Have the details been released?

How do you know these are black women?

Out of how many in total?

No details have been released. We only know they are cousins and probably black because a woman in Jamaica wrote on her socials that they are her cousins.

It seems that no further details will be released now.

I haven't heard of throw bags. Assume they're some kind of inflatable?

As far as I know, the life rings at Brighton are just the ordinary kind, but I don't know for sure.

Possibly the family has requested that no more information be released to the public. Which i can understand.

Agree.

And I'm glad, in a way. If I saw their faces, I think I'd be even more upset. (Am upset because I'm from Brighton, and I hate that this happened to guests of ours, who went there for a nice time.)

BBC news has a photo of them on main page just now

They were sisters - tragic

Sisters. I can't imagine the pain their family must be feeling.

Sisters. How sad. 😢 And they’re older than I thought too. I assumed they were younger. Poor family. Devastating news.

Report:

www.thesun.co.uk/news/39102054/brighton-sea-tragedy-victims-pictured/

I cannot imagine the pain of losing your three children. Their poor family.

Other sources said they went there for a break but that one or more of them had cleared debts so it was a celebration.

Ethnic minorities tend to be less exposed to sea swimming.
Its sad, I just noticed the amazing Salty Seabirds group has closed down. They did a lot of good work in Brighton and touch on some of the social discrepancies that exist in the context of sea swimming specifically in Brighton here
https://seabirds.substack.com/p/swim-wild-and-free

I’ve just heard that they were sisters too. How bloody heartbreakingly awful for their family 😔
I live near the coast and quite near to Brighton. Just three ladies having a good time. So incredibly sad and tragic.