A British backpacker asked 'am I going to be all right?' just before he died from a snakebite.
Harry Evans said the heartbreaking words to a crewmate shortly after being bitten by a sea snake in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia.
The 23-year-old was working aboard a prawn trawler when the snake attacked him on October 4 last year.
He became the second person in Australian history to die from a sea snake bite, with the last death recorded in 1934.
According to Mail Online , first mate Chad Hastings told an inquest: "He (Harry) asked me 'will I be all right?' and I was unsure but I was trying to calm him down so I said 'you'll be fine'."
Mr Hastings said he did not know that the snakebite could be deadly when he reassured Mr Evans.
The vessel's skipper Nicholas Huard called for help and applied pressure to the Brit's wound.
However, Mr Evans soon started shaking uncontrollably and had lost consciousness by the time medical staff arrived six hours later.
In a statement read out in the court, his mother Sharon Evans said: "I have lost one of the two most important things in my life, my reason for everything and my purpose.
"George has lost his twin, his best friend, his constant companion who should have been there for life."
Assistant Dorset Coroner Brendan Allen previously said: "Harry was inspecting a net that had been brought up and was bitten by a snake.
"Initially he appeared to suffer no ill effects and assured Mr Huard that he was okay.
"However, his condition rapidly deteriorated."
Mr Evans went to Poole High School and then trained for a year as a boat builder. He also worked as a part-time barman at two local pubs.
He flew to Australia in August 2018 after arranging to work on the fishing trawler through the skipper, who is a family relation.
