What would you call this? Love for their pet or stupidity?

A California couple and their 16-year-old son were swept out to sea over the weekend after a deadly chain of events set off when the teenager jumped into frigid waters to save the family dog from turbulent Pacific Ocean waves.

Although the dog escaped on its own from the water off the Northern California coast, Howard Kuljian, 50, and Mary Scott, 54, of Eureka died while their 16-year-old son, Gregory Kuljian, remained lost at sea, said Deputy Ariel Gruenthal of the Humboldt County Coroner’s office.

“The dog was able to get out somehow,” said Dana Jones, a state parks and recreation district superintendent. “It’s very sad, and we just always have to be aware when we’re around the ocean that nature is sometimes out of control.”

According to Jones, the tragedy began on Saturday afternoon while the family, including an 18-year-old daughter who was unharmed, was walking with Gregory’s girlfriend along a steep beach at Big Lagoon, about 270 miles north of San Francisco.

Howard Kuljian threw the dog a stick, she said, and a wave, possibly as high as 10 feet, pulled the animal into the water. The son went in first to try to rescue his dog, Jones said.

“Then the father went in to save the son. The mother was swept in at that point,” she said. “The waves are big and powerful, and that’s a very steep beach. The waves pound the beach. When the waves are pounding like that, you don’t have a chance to breathe.”

A bystander summoned help while Olivia Kuljian, 18, and Gregory’s girlfriend, Lily Loncar, 16, watched in horror, Gruenthal said.

Rescuers found the bodies of Howard Kuljian and Scott close to the shore, Jones said. The U.S. Coast Guard searched by air and sea for Gregory, but fog, darkness and the impossibility of survival prompted them to quit on Saturday evening, said Lieutenant Bernie Carrigan of the Coast Guard.

He estimated the water temperature at between 55 and 57 degrees, so cold that hypothermia would rapidly set in, though a dog’s coat would protect against it.

“It’s kind of a reminder to never turn your back on the ocean,” Carrigan said. “It’s neat to see that kind of power. It’s also dangerous.” [Reuters]

http://news.yahoo.com/three-california-family-drown-ocean-trying-save-dog-222921018.html

Won't surprise me 2 read later that the dog was named in one of these e-diot's will.

I call it stupidity.

....WOW!!!


- They died saving their Bingo!!

- Even Akwa Ibom man wey dey Chop Dog no go enter water to catch one.

- Well, may they rest in peace.. They must have really loved that dog.

Dog as in nkita? bingo?

PICTURES PLEASE!

Oyinbo and their weird love for pets...smh

What did I just read?damn it!these whites need to be colonised by some black countries like Nigeria.dey need to be taught how to place priorities especialy wen life is involve

That's unconditional love! How many of us who have called them st.upid (including those yet to post, and who will say the same thing) will put down their lives to save even their own? They indeed died doing something honourable.

very sad.

Not sure what to say here...the boy wanted to save his dog, the father wanted to save his son, the mother her husband and child.

If I were the father I'd probably have done the same thing.

Unknown Member: ..... . .- Even Akwa Ibom man wey dey Chop Dog no go enter water to catch one.

Hehe! Absolute stupidity

sexkillz:

are u from akwa ibom?

Sad really. Am not sure I will give my life for a dog but in a swift second I think most people will jump in to try and save their loved ones.

The culture in the western wild is weird sometimes. They hate family but will die for their dogs. Misplaced priorities in my opinion .

The stupidity of oyibo people is epic.

I'm sure the dog is a pussyass chihuahua. Nonsense. If you see them walking down the street with their dogs, you will actually think they worship it.

Serves them

O ti da be. Wetin concern me wit foolishness?

Aja nkuku omi, kosi bomi na sele poto.

they died for what they thought was right

Funny how the dog they were trying to save...saved itself and lived in the end..!
Stoopid people died stoopidly!!!

Am not sure you guys read posts well before trying to comment. Its a shame, reallly.
What is stu.pid in a couple trying to save their 16 year old son who made a spur-of-the-moment decision of trying to rescue his pet dog?
The parents didnt die trying to save the dog. They died trying to save their son.
So if you were a parent you'd sit and watch your child drown, just because he jumped in after a dog?

Iaz93: Hehe! Absolute stupidity

are you okay the father was only trying to safe the son not the dog.

I doubt if many people commenting here understand this little passage,The Father died trying to save his son,or you expect him to leave him to die .

pDudd: The stupidity of oyibo people is epic.

I'm sure the dog is a pussyass chihuahua. Nonsense. If you see them walking down the street with their dogs, you will actually think they worship it.

Serves them

Actually bro, the parents died trying to save their son and not the dog. The article is a brief and simple piece of writnig, so it baffles me you and your likes either didn't read it or failed to comprehend. Yet you were quick to comment simply by reading the misleading topic, and to imagine you even called them stupid. No wonder the oyinbo man say if you want to keep anything from a black man, hide it in a book.

not trying to justify their actions. They must have really loved that dog. But could it be that after the son jumped in to save the dog, his father perhaps saw the wave and decided to jump in to save his son or draw him back from swimming further. its a possibility.

quote author=slimyem]Funny how the dog they were trying to save...saved itself and lived in the end..!
Stoopid people died stoopidly!!![/quote]
Hmm, so it cuts across gender.

Minion: My King! Is this really stupidity? Dying in order to save your pet
Hades: Despite all my heartlessness and evilness.Despite my Painfulness and Wickedness. I can never leave Cerberus to death. He is more than my pet, he is more than my friend. He is Family!
Minion: Your ways trouble my mind, ooo Dark one!

pDudd: The stupidity of oyibo people is epic.

I'm sure the dog is a pussyass chihuahua. Nonsense. If you see them walking down the street with their dogs, you will actually think they worship it.

Serves them

haba my bro na love do dem oooo, remember the faourite love quote, i will die for you

They died trying to save a dog that later saved itself...i'll call that folly.may their soul R.I.P.Who knws,the dog might inherit their properties.

*singing*
Dumb ways to die...so many dumb ways to dieeeee.....

I tell you

"This needs to be included in SPIKE's ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO DIE".

As i dey now,i love nairaland well well,since 2006.and if Seun fall inside water,i no go go near o!i go run.