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| A County Down fishing community is mourning the death of Paul Bogues, the father of missing fisherman Connor. | A County Down fishing community is mourning the death of Paul Bogues, the father of missing fisherman Connor. |
| Mr Bogues, 47, was struck by a wave and killed at Ardglass Harbour in County Down on Saturday. | Mr Bogues, 47, was struck by a wave and killed at Ardglass Harbour in County Down on Saturday. |
| He was leaning on the wall talking to some men when the wave washed over the pier. He fell and hit his head and was later pronounced dead in hospital. | He was leaning on the wall talking to some men when the wave washed over the pier. He fell and hit his head and was later pronounced dead in hospital. |
| In January, his 26-year-old son Connor died when his trawler sank near the same harbour. His body was never found. | In January, his 26-year-old son Connor died when his trawler sank near the same harbour. His body was never found. |
| Connor was one of two men who died when the fishing vessel, the Greenhill, sank. | Connor was one of two men who died when the fishing vessel, the Greenhill, sank. |
| The body of his colleague Donal Gibson, 22, was recovered, but a major search operation failed to locate the remains of Mr Bogues, a father-of-two from Ballynahinch. | The body of his colleague Donal Gibson, 22, was recovered, but a major search operation failed to locate the remains of Mr Bogues, a father-of-two from Ballynahinch. |
| We were just trying to get Mr Bogues away from the water's edge - if he had have been washed in by the tide you would never have got him out Michael PleasantsFisherman | |
| Fisherman Michael Pleasants said he was close to the scene at the time of the incident. | |
| "I just heard a couple of boys shouting: 'Call an ambulance, call an ambulance'," he said. | |
| "I sped down in the car to the pier and saw Mr Bogues just lying on the ground. I jumped out of the car and we dragged him down to the end of the pier - the waves were washing us off our feet. | |
| "It was wild. It was storm force, with tonnes of water coming over the wall." | |
| He said the force of the waves was so strong that several cars windows were smashed. | |
| "We were just trying to get Mr Bogues away from the water's edge - if he had have been washed in by the tide you would never have got him out." | |
| Mr Pleasants and several other fishermen managed to carry Mr Bogues toward the town to a waiting ambulance. | |
| He said the whole experience had been a nightmare and that he felt he was lucky to be alive. | |
| Fishing tragedies | |
| South Down assembly member Jim Wells said the community's thoughts were with the family. | South Down assembly member Jim Wells said the community's thoughts were with the family. |
| "It is just absolutely unimaginable, the whole community is rocked," he said. | "It is just absolutely unimaginable, the whole community is rocked," he said. |
| "Mr Bogues regularly came down to the harbour, I suppose, in the hope that some day his son's body would be given up. | "Mr Bogues regularly came down to the harbour, I suppose, in the hope that some day his son's body would be given up. |
| "He was also positive, in the sense that he was helping a support group that was being set up to look after and care for those who had lost loved ones in fishing tragedies." | "He was also positive, in the sense that he was helping a support group that was being set up to look after and care for those who had lost loved ones in fishing tragedies." |
| The accident happened at Ardglass harbour | |
| Alex Slater of the Fishermen's Mission said people who live in the small fishing village were devastated. | Alex Slater of the Fishermen's Mission said people who live in the small fishing village were devastated. |
| "He was a lovely man, a real gentleman - he wanted to help other seamen who had been struck by tragedy," he said. | "He was a lovely man, a real gentleman - he wanted to help other seamen who had been struck by tragedy," he said. |
| "He liked to go down to Ardglass following Connor's disappearance, just to be there. | "He liked to go down to Ardglass following Connor's disappearance, just to be there. |
| "It is important that we urge people not to go at this time of year near harbours, rocks or beaches because the weather conditions are so, so dangerous." | "It is important that we urge people not to go at this time of year near harbours, rocks or beaches because the weather conditions are so, so dangerous." |