A Co Down father is on a mission to prevent any further water tragedies, after losing his own son in a drowning incident last summer.
Wayne Moffett's 13-year-old son Jay sadly died in Scarva on July 19 after getting into difficulty in a body of water.
Wayne is now giving talks on the importance of knowing how to stay safe in the water and wants legislation introduced to increase warning signs around Northern Ireland.
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Jay Moffett got into difficulty in the water last summer, after entering a lake to cool off from the hot weather.
Despite the best efforts of his dad, alongside the Air Ambulance, firefighters and hospital staff, the 13-year-old sadly passed away.
Standing at the edge of the body of water where Jay tragically lost his life, Wayne told Belfast Live his son was "one in a million".
"There's part of me that still doesn't believe he's gone," he said.
"He was such a pleasant lad, he was a real people-pleaser, just a lovely lad to be around.
"He was just him, you know, a delight to have and he'd no problem giving you a hug, even at 13.
"He just showed a lot of love towards you, a lot of respect...he's just sorely missed."
Wayne has now put up a life-ring at the spot where the tragic accident happened and is hopeful that he can help the RNLI to establish more elsewhere.
The Banbridge man says he is now inspired by the opportunity to stop any other family from going through the same heartbreak.
He has accompanied the RNLI on their educational visits to local schools in order to tell his story.
"To be honest, it's the only thing that's keeping me going at the minute," he said.
"The only way I can get through this is to make sure it doesn't happen again or minimise the chances of it happening.
"I'm only really learning, this is my first step, it was all a thought process before and now it's becoming a reality."
He said he has been backing the RNLI's "Float to Live" message and has also approached his local MP, Carla Lockhart, to see if legislation can be introduced that would allow for more warning signs near bodies of water that might pose a danger.
Wayne is also attempting to raise funds in Jay's memory, which will go towards helping to spread that water safety message through the RNLI.
He plans to summit Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains as many times as possible in 24 hours on August 13.
He said he wanted to ensure that people thought twice before entering water they knew nothing about.
"It's something that we never really think about until we get a heatwave and then we start hearing that people are getting into difficulty," he said.
"We hear that a lot of people are trying to get in to save them and then they're getting into difficulty too.
"This lake looks idyllic, but under that water, it's treacherous.
"If it doesn't look right, it probably isn't."
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