Thread: RIP Geordie Jack

Such a waste,

Geordie was a regular on the LROC tuff trips and was just a good mate.

Cheers mate.

Andy


Quiet hero Geordie Jack killed in house fire
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By Brooke Newstead
August 16, 2007 12:00am

WHEN wild floods hit the state's Central Coast two months ago, Geordie Jack became a hero to neighbours stranded by rising floodwaters.
Those neighbours were in shock yesterday after news the "easygoing" 22-year-old was killed after a fire ripped through his family home.
Neighbours told The Daily Telegraph yesterday how Mr Jack had gone out of his way to help them when they were stranded during the storms.
"Geordie took a heap of people out in his 4WD to get food. He did about two or three trips and didn't ask for anything," South Tacoma resident Gail Kenny said.
Mr Jack, a field assistant with a local surveying company, was sleeping inside the South Tacoma Rd home with his father, mother and sister when the fire broke out at 1am.
His parents, Geordie Jack Sr and Christine, and their 24-year-old daughter Alyssa managed to escape the blaze by jumping about 3m from the second level of the two-storey house.
"We heard them screaming for help and I ran outside and saw flames coming out of the house's upper window," neighbour Jerry Grimes said.
"I headed straight out the back and threw the hose over the fence and tried to put the flames out with that.
"Geordie (senior) had his hose out the back as well and the two of us were just doing what we could.
"He just kept yelling out that his son was inside and that they needed help."
Still in shock at the death, Mr Jack's family yesterday told The Daily Telegraph the young man had been a happy bloke who made the most out of life.
"He was funny, clever, adventurous, content with his life, and committed to being a follower of Jesus," a family spokesman said. Chief Inspector Tim Winmill said the cause of the fire had not yet been determined because the remains of the house had been too unstable for fire investigators to gain entry.
Fire investigators were also still trying to establish if smoke alarms had been installed in the house.
A report is being prepared for the Coroner.

Guys,

I will talk to Geordies parents and get details of where to send condolenses etc and get back to you on the forum.

Untill then post away here and I will send the link to his parents.

Cheers

Andy