Sport Confidential: Bulldogs stars praised after helping disabled man during Fiji tsunami

SPORT CONFIDENTIAL II: NRL players including Frank Pritchard and Sam Kasiano have been praised for coming to the aid of a disabled man during a tsunami in Fiji.

NRL players including Frank Pritchard, Sam Kasiano and Greg Eastwood have been praised for coming to the aid of a man with disabilities recently.

Sean Brown was on holidays in Fiji with his family when a tsunami warning hit, forcing them to evacuate. Brown’s dad John is disabled, and needed help to climb to the top of the highest peak of the island to ensure his safety.

“We were swimming around the pool and suddenly we all had to race up the safe spot of the hill,” Brown, of Picton, said. “We got out of this buggy and I was struggling to get my dad out. There were a heaps of blokes sitting around not giving a damn. All of a sudden you see Eastwood and Pritchard pick my old man up and carry him on their shoulders up the hill.

“We thought it was unreal. When we got to the top Kasiano was giving water to my dad and taking care of him.

“They ran down from the top of the hill and away from their families to help. It was good to see those blokes were willing to help when no one else was. They saw us struggling.”

The players were in Fiji for Kasiano’s wedding.

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