Hoai Nguyen, 32, and her two youngsters, Mitchell, seven, and Hazel, 5, had been at Shearer Park at Lansvale in Fairfield yesterday after they have been noticed struggling within the Georges River about 10.15am.
Hoai was pulled to shore shortly afterwards, however regardless of the efforts of various bystanders and emergency providers, could not be saved.
Police and volunteers from the State Emergency Service launched a big search and rescue operation for the 2 youngsters.
Divers discovered their our bodies within the water at about 2pm, metres from a jetty.
A household pal has arrange a web based fundraiser to boost cash to help the kids’s father, Hoai’s husband, and their one-year-old brother through the “time of unimaginable sorrow”.
9News understands the daddy was at work yesterday and heard the information when he returned house to search out police at his door.
“A beloved mom and her two younger youngsters tragically drowned… abandoning a profound void in our hearts and a father and child who’s only one years previous,” the fundraiser reads.
At the moment floral tributes, incense and choices have been left on the jetty, simply metres away from the place the tragedy unfolded.
The Vietnamese neighborhood is rallying across the household as shut associates share tributes on-line.
“I hope you and your 2 little ones will relaxation in peace within the golden stream,” a web based tribute reads.
“2 days in the past I (simply) talked to you… Completely and deeply shocked to listen to this information.”
NSW Police appearing superintendent Luke Scott yesterday described the tragedy as “past phrases”.
The investigation into how the mom and her youngsters ended up within the water is ongoing.
