KUALA LUMPUR: Friends and relatives said on Tuesday that Marshbmall-Inman, a tour guide and boat captain of White Island Tours, was among those who died in the volcano disaster in New Zealand.
His brother, Mark Inman, wrote on Facebook, that he died “doing the one thing he loved”.
“My bro Hayden Marshall-Inman has passed away doing the one thing he loved.”
Marshall-Inman, 40, was well-loved by friends and colleagues, who described him as a gregarious, lively, experienced and risk-averse guide.
A friend, Dawn Cobb said: “He would never enter that island, or take people if he didn’t feel it was safe.”
Another comment read: “Nature sure has acted up badly. Bittersweet he was doing something he loved but died doing it. Sharing his passion with interested others.”
Marshall-Inman was a former barman at a beach charter club. He worked as a tour guide for several years before becoming a captain with White Island Tours.
Matthew and Lauren Urey, of the United States of America, were on their honeymoon after getting married in October.
Both survived the eruption but were sent to hospital with extensive burns, as reported in the New York Times.
“This isn’t a joke; the volcano actually erupted while we were on the island,” Matthew said in a voice mail message to his mother, obtained by newsmagazine Inside Edition.
“Lauren and I got pretty badly burned, so we’re at the hospital in New Zealand. My hands are burned so I can’t use my phone.”
His mother, Janet Urey, told Inside Edition that her son had been “severely burned” on his arms, legs and back.
Lauren’s mother, Barbara Barham, told The Washington Post that Lauren had excitedly called her on Monday after their cruise ship had docked in nearby Tauranga.
“My husband was joking around and said: “I hope it’s not a live volcano,” she said.
Adelaide’s mother, Lisa Dallow, 48, was on a two-week cruise with her husband Gary Dallow, 53, and her daughter Zoe Hosking, 15, when the volcano erupted on White Island on Monday.
A family spokesman confirmed that Lisa had been found alive but said she had severe burns and is in a hospital in Hamilton.
Her husband and daughter are still considered missing.
Brisbane woman Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica Richards, 20, have been confirmed dead in the New Zealand volcano disaster.
The pair were on a holiday cruise on the Ovation of the Seas liner, and were caught on the island when the volcano erupted on Monday afternoon.
Julie and Jessica, a veterinary technology student at the University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, left last Monday and had been due home this weekend.
A number of visitors to the island during the eruption came from the cruise ship, the Ovation of the Seas, which offered an excursion to the volcano.
One video taken of the eruption from a boat offshore captured thick clouds rising from the island.
A voice could be heard frantically telling passengers to go inside the boat’s cabin.
In another clip, the island appeared to be completely enveloped by ash.
Michael Schade, who was visiting the island with his parents, had stood at the crater 20 minutes before the eruption. He was among a boatload of tourists just off the island who witnessed the disaster.
The vessel returned to rescue a crowd of people on the jetty.
“Some people had pockets of burns, other people were fine, and others were really rough,” Schade told the Guardian on Monday.
“Some were screaming, while others were in silent shock.”
Passengers set up an assembly line to pass water bottles to people with burns, as well as jackets, inhalers and eye drops.
Every year, about 10,000 tourists take boat trips and helicopter tours to view the dramatic landscape of White Island, or Whakaari.
Some have questioned whether the privately owned island, which is New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, should have been operating as a tourist destination.
The Buttle family has owned the island for more than 80 years, and a spokesman said they were devastated by the tragic event.
