Scenes of chaos as rescuers stand on the roof of the submerged bus, shocked bystanders looking on…
Chantal Parkin interview with City News, Joburg Today
Today, 33 years ago, 42 children lost their lives after a school bus swerved into the Westdene Dam. Chantal Parkin, one of the Westdene Bus Disaster survivor’s, joins City News in the studio to talk about this day.
I was in grade 2 that year in a primary school in Pretoria. 27 March that year was my dad’s 37 birthday, exactly 6 years before my twin brothers’ birth. I may have been 8 years old, but the pictures on the TV news & in newspapers will be with me forever. Rest in peace all who lost their lives, & may our Heavenly Father be with you & your families – forever.
Ons het 21 jaar naby die dam gewoon. Dit was die hartseerste dag in my lewe, want daardie kinders was saam my in die skool, of broers en susters van vriende. Dink aan julle almal Sondag 16 Junie 2013.
Hi daar, was daar, het dit beleef en sal altyd by my wees. Ek woon ook nou met my familie in Engeland. Groete
So very sad, I remember that day so clear, I lived in Mongomery Park and remember seeing the helicopters overhead, I have never been to dam but I often think about that day.. My prayers always with those involved.