Cousins Jessica Hayes, 15, and Michael Connelly, 13, died after reportedly falling 400ft onto a rockface in Rhodes when the rope holding their parasailing canopy snapped. The victims' family paid tribute to their "beautiful" and "talented" children, as witnesses described the heartbreaking scenes on the beach in Wednesday's tragedy. Mr Hayes told The Sun of his anguish that doctors had at first told them the children were badly hurt. (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)He claims it was not until four hours later that they were told Jessica and Michael were already dead. Mr Hayes told the newspaper from the hospital in Rhodes the family had been allowed to keep false hope.

Source: Daily Mirror October 30, 2020 21:11 UTC