Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tino whiua, i kapi tototia tētahi toa whai-whai-whai i muri i tana whakahe i tētahi tahae waka, i whakaaro ai tōna whānau kua patua ia. He maha nga whiu i whiua ai a Danny Mason, 37, ki te mata, a, i mahue ki a ia he kanohi whati, he ihu whati, he ngutu whati i muri i tana whakatata atu ki te tahae i Blackburn, Lancashire. I mahue noa ia i tētahi rōpū whānau i te 11.45 i te ahiahi o te Rāhoroi, i a ia e whakamātau ana ki te whakamutu i te tahae o te tahae ki te tahae i te maha o ngā waka. Ko te 37-tau te pakeke, e noho ana inaianei ki Kidderminster, Worcestershire, i kitea e nga mema o te whanau kua hinga ki te whenua kaore i te mohio, a kei te tino mamae ia inaianei kaore e taea te moe, te mahi ranei. I whiua a Danny Mason, 37, i nga wa maha ki te mata, a, i mahue i a ia he kiri whati, he ihu whati, he ngutu whati i muri i tana wero i te tahae waka. Ka mea ia: 'I tere rawa te mea katoa, kāore au i whai wā ki te whakaaro. 'I te titiro whakamuri, i whakaaro ahau he pai taku mahi i te korero ki tenei tangata, engari inaianei he nui rawa te mamae o ahau, e kore e taea e au te moe, te mahi ranei.' I kawea ia e te waka hohoro ki te Whare Hauora o Royal Preston i mua i tana nekehanga ki te tari whara kanohi i te Whare Hauora o Royal Bolton. Kua tukuna e te pirihimana ngā whakaahua CCTV o tētahi tangata mā e 6ft te roa e hiahia ana rātou ki te kōrero ki a ia e pā ana ki te kaupapa. I kii te tuahine o Mr Mason, a Sue Bannister, kua 'riri, kua pouri' te whanau na te whakaeke, a ka tono ki tetahi tangata whai korero ki te haere mai. I mea ia: 'I haere mai matou ki Blackburn mo tetahi huihuinga o te whanau, a he tino wa pai ta matou tae noa ki te wa i puta ai te kaupapa. 'I haere a Danny ki waho ki te hikareti i te wa i kite ai ia i tetahi tangata e titiro ana me te mea e ngana ana ia ki te wawahi i nga waka. 'I korero ia ki a ia, i ui ki a ia he aha tana mahi, a ka timata te tangata ki te whakaeke ia ia. 'I kite tētahi hoa noho i te mea e tupu ana, ā, ka rere atu te tangata. I mea ia, i whiua tonutia ia e ia. Ko te 37-tau-tau (i mua i te whakaeke, maui) i kitea e nga mema o te whanau kua hinga ki te whenua kaore i te mohio, a kei te tino mamae ia inaianei kaore e taea e ia te moe, te mahi ranei (i muri i te whakaeke, matau) Pirihimana...
WHAKAMAHI KAUPAPA: Danny Mason, 37, he kaipahua waka. He tino whiu ia, he toto hoki ki runga i a ia i whakaaro ai tona hapu kua patua ia. I mahue noa iho a Mr Mason i te huihuinga a te whānau i a ia e whakatata atu ana ki te tahae. I whatiia tana kiore, i whatiia tona ihu, i whatiia tona ngutu i te whakaeke.