Devastated mum breaks silence after losing son and husband in Little Bay drownings

A grieving mum who watched her husband and son drown after being swept off rocks at Little Bay has issued a heartfelt plea as she prepares to say goodbye to her “entire world”.

A devastated mother who watched as her husband and son drown after being swept off the rocks at Little Bay while fishing has issued a heartfelt plea for awareness as she prepares to say goodbye to her “entire world”.

Hills resident and student nurse Sara watched helplessly from the rock face at Little Bay on January 31 when her husband Peter and 10-year-old son Mahan were dragged into the swell by a freak wave they “didn’t see coming”.

“I looked away for a second and felt a wave splash over me,” she said. “I turned to see my husband and my son in the water, fighting to stay up but drowning".

Peter and his son Mahan were killed after being swept of rocks while fishing at Little Bay. Picture: Supplied

Mum Sara says Mahan was “perfect” and her husband was a “passionate, hard-working man”.

The 36-year-old mother, who did not wish for her last name to be published, said the family had arrived just moments earlier to spend the afternoon by the water before Mahan was to return to school the following day.

“Witnesses didn’t have any phones, they just watched on as someone called Triple 0 while my husband and son drowned in front of us,” Sara told The Daily Telegraph.

“I wish it was me instead of my little boy.

“My husband and my son were just a few steps in front of me and now they are gone forever.”

Sara said the family “weren’t aware” of how dangerous the school holiday activity was, as the afternoon transformed into a nightmare before her eyes.

“There was no signage, no warning to tell people how dangerous it is,” she said. “There needs to be signs telling people not to fish there, people need to know it is not a safe place.

Emergency services rushed to the scene but were unable to save the father and son.

Peter, Mahan and Sara were at the rocks for one last fun day out before school returned. Picture: Alexi Demetriadi

“If there were signs my son and husband would be here with me right now.”

The 36-year-old said she hoped to see the introduction of signage along the dangerous stretch of coastline, as well as an increase in lifeguards on weekdays: “people have died here before, but this could have been prevented”.

“I don't want another mother to go through this pain, this torment,” she said. “I see them everywhere, when I close my eyes I see them both.

“I don't have the will to live.”

Sara, who immigrated to Australia with her husband 12 years ago, described him as a “passionate, hard-working man” who moved across the globe in search of a better life.

“My Mahan was kind and respectful,” she said of her son. “He was loving and cared about nature, he was perfect, he was loved and he loved everyone.

“Nothing could replace them. We came here to make a better life, but now that life is gone.”

Sara will lay her husband and son to rest in a private service this week.

Hills Family Funerals have created a GoFundMe page in an effort to support the student nurse while she finds work and continues her full-time studies.

You can donate HERE.