Save My Brother First.

[lilcharlie]

From The Times of 13.1.11 - "13 year old Jordan Rice was swept to his death after persuading rescuers to save his brother, Blake, 10, first from floodwaters in Queensland, Australia."

All the words below are quotations from his father, John, his older brother Kyle and one of the rescuers Mr McEarlean.
Jordan's mother, Donna, also drowned.

Save My Brother First.

(For Jordan)

Jordan cannot swim
and he is terrified of water
but when the man went to rescue him
he said: save my brother first.

When Jordan couldn't hang on anymore
Donna let go and tried to save him
the last thing she did was to try to save her son
she would go without
to give her boys everything
- save my brother first.

I can only imagine
what was going on inside his mind
to give his life
to save his brother
he's our little hero
- save my brother first.

He loved his family
he was real shy with everyone else
wouldn't say a word
but courage kicked in
and he would rather his brother live
- save my brother first.

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There was no time
the tension took up on the rope
I had to let go
they were just gone
it's just terrible
I kept telling the boy it was going to be all right
and it wasn't
and I'm very, very sorry
for him and his family
that I couldn't do more.

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