Kaison Greaves died after becoming stuck between rocks off the shoreline at Southwest Rocks. NSW Police, fire crews and surf lifesavers tried to free the nine-year-old, but he died at the scene on Sunday. It brings the death toll to six in NSW over the Easter long weekend, and one in Victoria.
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00:00A tourist town mourning the loss of a nine-year-old boy who died after getting stuck between rocks off the shoreline.
00:09All of the responders that were there were either on top of the rocks or in the water trying to do their best to free the child.
00:16And with the tide coming in and we've had some rather large surf, there was a lot of waves crashing and stuff and it was a very difficult situation.
00:23Larissa Halls and her nephew Liam Burns went to the beach to pay tribute on Liam's ninth birthday.
00:29What he really wanted to do was buy some flowers and come down here and just put some flowers on the beach in honour of the little boy.
00:39Larissa has spent her whole life coming to South West Rocks on holidays.
00:43Me and my sister spend hours on these rocks playing and snorkelling and jumping around and over them,
00:51the same as what the kids were doing yesterday, never ever thinking ever something like this could happen.
00:57Police say it's believed the child was playing on the rocks at the time, but an investigation is underway to determine what happened.
01:05It's a misadventure. Obviously we'll be speaking to witnesses as to whether he jumped, slipped, but either way he becomes stuck between those rocks.
01:13Since late Thursday night, six people have lost their lives off the NSW coast and a man remains at Sydney's Little Bay after he was swept off rocks on Friday.
01:23Authorities are expecting big crowds this Anzac Day long weekend and they're urging the public to stay safe so the drowning toll doesn't rise further.
01:32The most important thing that you can do before venturing down is ensure that you know what the conditions are going to be.
01:38With this Easter long weekend being one of the worst on record in NSW for coastal drownings, authorities are hoping it won't be repeated.
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