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A young Perth lady has switched from real estate professional to local hero when she witnessed a tandem skydive go wrong.
At around 9am on Sunday 6 April Sarah Thompson of Ray White Urban Springs, fully dressed, dove into the cold Swan River after seeing a young lady and skydiver, who had landed in the river, struggling to keep afloat.
She had just completed the Bridges Fun Run with her Ray White colleagues when the incident occurred.
“I was present when, without hesitation, she dove into the cold swan river to help save a young lady that was on a tandem skydive which went wrong and ended up in the swan river,” onlooker Wayne Higgs said.
“The young lady going tandem and the skydiver were clearly having difficulties keeping afloat and securing life vests and I believe if it was not for the quick thinking of your staff member the incident could have escalated into something worse,” Mr Higgs wrote to Ray White Urban Springs.
“I had the pleasure of assisting them all to climb the wall when they were eventually at the edge of the river. And when the incident was over your staff member went on their merry way without a second thought as if it was all in a day’s work.”
“It was good to see someone with common sense, bravery and feel for reading a situation.”
Sarah commenced her career in Property Management with Ray White in November 2007. After six months she was promoted to a property manager where she managed a portfolio of 140 properties.
Sarah then went to sales in June 2010 where she worked with a colleague concentrating on selling rural properties in the Darwin surrounding suburbs. In January 2011 she moved back to Perth to be closer to her family and transferred within Ray White back to Property Management.
