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Tuesday, 4 December, 2001, 19:56 GMT
Posthumous award for sea hero
The boys got out of their depths at Ingoldmells Point
A Derbyshire man who died trying to save two young boys from the sea off the Lincolnshire coast has been given a posthumous award for his bravery.
David Walsh's wife Tracey was presented with a certificate on Tuesday afternoon and his name will be added to the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust's Roll of Honour. The 40-year-old was on the beach at Ingoldmells Point near Skegness with his two children last July when he saw the 10-year-old and 13-year-old boys get into trouble in the water. They had been playing in the waves when they got out of their depth and were swept out to sea by the current.
BBC East Midlands Today revealed the beach where David died is privately owned and does not have lifebelts. Mrs Walsh said: "I'm disgusted at it actually. If they had some sort of lifebuoys this might not have ever happened. "If they have not got to do anything it is going to happen again and then David died in vain." When he got into difficulties, David was spotted by an off-duty lifeboat man who went into the water and pulled him out. Mr Walsh was given first aid on the beach but could not be saved. The two boys were uninjured. The firm which owns the beach, Laver Leisure, did not want to comment. The Carnegie Hero Trust Fund was set up in 1908 by the Scottish American steel millionaire Andrew Carnegie. It recognises people who have been injured, or who have lost their lives while performing acts of heroism in peaceful pursuits in the British Isles.
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