A year after the tragic deaths of four divers trapped in a Paria pipeline; their families gathered to remember them at sea close to the site of their passing The stories of these wives, children and relatives on the occasion were a catalogue of unceasing anguish and mourning with no apparent end. The bereaved relatives
THERE were tears, heartbreak and sorrow, as the families the four divers who lost their lives one year ago, after they were sucked into a 30-inch pipeline, returned to the scene of the accident at sea, to say prayers and honour them. Dressed in black, the families and friends gathered at the San Fernando Yacht
ON the first anniversary of the death of four divers who perished in an underwater pipeline at Paria Trading Company on February 25, 2022, the families of divers and survivor Christopher Boodram will make the journey near the scene of the tragedy to hold a memorial on Saturday. “We, the families, wives, mothers and neighbours
TWO days before the anniversary of the Paria diving tragedy, a memorial service was held, and the lone survivor planted five poui trees in remembrance of the four divers who died outside the office of Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh. A commemorative plaque with the names of the four was planted by Christopher Boodram, the
Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the Paria diving tragedy Jerome Lynch hopes the commission’s eventual report would improve local diving safety standards. After two months of public hearings which probed the planning and oversight of repairs, causation of accident and efficacy of rescue efforts, with lawyers for interested parties seeking to minimise