Cape Town's disaster management services had issued a warning hours earlier that sharks had been spotted in the water, but the shark flag was not flying.
事故发生前数小时，开普敦的灾害管理部门曾发出警告，称海中发现鲨鱼，但鲨鱼警告旗并未升起。
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"They smiled said:" we are put the flag on the water soaking, fished it only today.
他们笑了笑说：“我们呀是把菖蒲放在水里泡着，今天才捞出来的。”
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The best-known memorial to those unhappy days is the town's water tower, which was left heavily pockmarked by mortar-fire, and from which the country's national flag now flies.