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My Brothers Best friend Stacey was killed 2 nights ago. She was only 21 years of age. A beautiful girl who i only met a few times, but each time i would see her, it was like a breath of fresh as she would walk in the room... see below for pictures and a report in the news. From this point on, i will think twice before complaining about the " pathetic little dramas" that happen in my life and all of the stuff that i shouldn't take for granted and appreciate alot more than i do. I will put my every effort into making my Boyfriend Nate from Fubar - My real life boyfriend and so much more than that. Appreciate the good times, love, laugh and be happy... because we dont know when our time is up or the loved ones around us. Seek and strive for what you want out of life, so there is no time wasted. Nate - we will be together soon :) I love you so much..... :) Fun-loving Stacey's last party: STACEY WRIGHT was finishing her shift at the Unity Hall Hotel in Balmain at midnight and looking forward to joining her mates at Darling Street in the Commercial Hotel celebrating their final shifts as their pub had just changed ownership. The 21-year-old from Wollongong - who was just six days from turning 22 - had been in Sydney on and off since finishing high school, and was loving it. On her MySpace site she cheerfully described herself as "a barwench" from "da gong". She also wanted children "someday". "I Burp Alot. I Love Chocolate ... OH And Im Definately Funny HAHAHA." One of the friends knew of a half-cabin work boat belonging to Sydney Ship Repair and Engineering on Goat Island that was berthed at the marina in nearby Mort Bay. He took the boat around to the Darling Street Wharf. At 1am Ms Wright and 12 other merrymakers were ready to climb on board to party at sea. They were, he told people on the wharf, bound for Watsons Bay. But several onlookers took one look at the freeboard and warned that it was overcrowded. "Everyone on the wharf was concerned," said Andre Ogle, a fisherman, of Russell Lea, who recognised Ms Wright. "I know her like I know someone who's friendly and bubbly and works at the pub you frequent. We all commented again and again [about overcrowding]." Only 100 minutes later Stacey Wright was dead in the waters 200 metres off Bradleys Head. Three other young women - including an American - and two young men, one of them Alex Pondy, a barman at the Clock Hotel in Surry Hills, also died after the work boat was involved in a collision with a fishing boat. Wayne Baffsky, a barrister, heard the collision: "I heard an almighty thump from my unit in Bondi Junction. It was so loud I got up and had a look but in the darkness I couldn't see anything." Eight other people on board the work boat were injured and taken to Royal North Shore Hospital. Two remain in hospital. The fishing boat, Jordon's, was on its way to the continental shelf to catch blue-eye trevalla. Its skipper, Peter Evans, and his deckhand were unhurt. Mr Evans issued a statement late yesterday saying he and his crew were devastated. "Both myself and my crew want to express our grief to all the people affected by this tragedy. The loss of five young lives is a profoundly sad event and my thoughts are with the families of those whose lives were lost and those who were injured." Mr Evans's boat was heading east out to sea when the accident happened. The water was mirror smooth, but with no moon it was very dark, especially so in the Bradleys Head area, where there is no street lighting or light from houses. The exact position of the work boat remains unclear. Police are interviewing survivors to establish how the collision happened. But the port side of the boat was torn open just forward of the transom and a rear guard rail shredded, suggesting it had either ridden over or slammed into the fishing boat as it desperately manoeuvred to avoid a collision. The deaths yesterday were the latest in a series of boating tragedies. Sailing into Sydney Harbour and veering west around Bradleys Head offers one of the world's most breathtaking sights. It greeted the first Europeans seeking safe anchor and Australians returning from war, and now serves as the dress circle for New Year's Eve celebrations. The stone plinth - used by colonial authorities at the old General Post Office to measure the nautical miles at the other end of the world - stands in the waters of Bradleys Head registering the exact distance from Fort Denison. Years ago when fog rolled up the harbour, sirens mournfully called out across the water to ships indicating how far they were from Bradleys Head, Bennelong Point and Dawes Point. The mast of the first HMAS Sydney stands above the lighthouse in a semicircular sandstone parapet built by convicts after an unannounced visit by American warships in 1839 scared the populace. The travel writer Jan Morris chose Bradleys Head to open her book Sydney. Watching the start of the Sydney-Hobart yacht race one Boxing Day, she decided the harbour was our main street. Yet the waters off Bradleys Head can be cruel. In November 1927 a passenger ship slammed into the ferry Greycliffe off Bradleys Head with the loss of 40 lives, many of them under age 20. Eleven years later another ferry, the Rodney, rolled over in the same area as young women rushed to one side of the ship to wave goodbye to their American boyfriends as USS Louisville departed. Nineteen women died. Yesterday morning, when the alarm was raised, rescue teams and health workers were unable to gain access to the closest wharf to the accident. The road through the Sydney Harbour National Park to the old stone jetty beneath the headland was closed at 8pm, forcing health authorities to set up a triage centre at Athol Wharf at Taronga Zoo. Police Inspector Tony Bear said all 14 people on the work boat were thrown into the water. Survivors were plucked from the water by fishermen in a nearby dinghy and taken to Athol Wharf before being taken by ambulance to Royal North Shore Hospital, one by helicopter. The fishermen also collected bodies from the water. The exact position of the work boat remains unclear. Police are interviewing survivors to establish how the collision happened. But the port side of the boat was torn open just forward of the transom and a rear guard rail shredded, suggesting it had either ridden over or slammed into the fishing boat as it desperately manoeuvred to avoid a collision. The deaths yesterday were the latest in a series of boating tragedies. R.I.P STACEY - you will be dearly missed... Photobucket Stacey - top left, followed by 3 other Victims including my middle brothers friend on the bottom right. Photobucket
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