Pictured Above: Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry, Jerome Lynch, KC, demonstrates the size of the pipeline using a hula hoop. For the first time, a 6-minute long video/audio recording of the five (5) divers, who were sucked into a 30-inch pipeline on Friday 25th February 2022, was seen and heard by the public, as the Commission of Enquiry into the tragic incident continued on Monday (21st November 2022). During the third session of the Commission of Enquiry on Monday afternoon, Chairman Jerome Lynch, KC, heard arguments from Attorneys representing Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited and Land and Marine Construction Services (LMCS) Limited, in which they each ascribed responsibility for the deaths of four (4) divers to the other. The divers — Kazim Jeremiah Ali Jr, Yusuf Henry, Fyzal Kurban and Rishi Nagassar — died while working on a pipeline at Paria Fuel Trading Company in Pointe-a-Pierre. They worked with LMCS, which was contracted by Paria to perform maintenance work. In the days following the retrieval of the divers’ bodies at Paria’s offshore facility, the company recovered a GoPro camera that Ali Jr wore on his forehead as he checked on his colleagues working inside a habitat submerged around the riser of Sealine No. 36. During the 6-minutes and 55 seconds of video/audio (out of a longer 30-minute recording), which was played publicly during Monday’s Commission of Enquiry, lone survivor Christopher Boodram could be heard pleading with his colleagues in the pipeline, “Come allyuh! We have to go. All ah we in this together.” This was one of the last pleas Boodram made, as he tried to encourage them to climb out of the 30-inch diameter Sealine No. 36, which they got sucked into. While Boodram eventually managed to escape, his four (4) colleagues died in the pipeline hours later.
Many at the International Waterfront Centre in Port-of-Spain were left with disturbed expressions on their faces, as they heard the moans of Nagassar inside the pipeline, who was unable to speak, and Henry trying to remain upbeat despite suffering a broken limb. The footage started with Ali Jr floating in the water, when a worker on a boat handed him a wrench. He swam down to the habitat, entering it from the bottom where Boodram stood around the pipe. Within seconds, the footage went dark and there is the frightening sound of a vortex. After some seconds, there were distressing calls among the divers. The video ended with Nagassar moaning. Below is a transcript of the video/audio recording, which was played publicly for the Commission of Enquiry on Monday: Diver 1: We inside the pipeline. Where allyuh? Diver 1: Chris! Boodram: Yeah! Diver 1: Yuh hearing me? Boodram: I hearing allyuh! Diver 1: I right behind allyuh! I inside the pipe. Boodram: I inside the pipe too. Diver 1: Well, we behind you. Boodram: I trying to come up. [Several divers call out to Chris, and then there are indiscernible sounds] Boodram: Eh! I right behind you. You right behind me? Nagassar: Groans Boodram: Who making all that noise dey? Boodram: Come allyuh, we have to go. All ah we in this together. We have to start moving. [Sound of water and movement] Diver: Chris Boodram: Yeah Diver: Where you are? Chris: I don’t know boy. I trying to come up. [The voices get muffled again, but seconds later, one diver says he was trying to climb up the pipe. Nagassar bawls out again] Boodram: I can’t go more. I am pushing more oil. [Nagassar moans again as someone calls out Ali Jr. A diver responds, “Yeah Kazim here.”] Boodram: Yusuf Henry: Yeah boi. Boodram: How long until you reach Fyzie? Henry: Right now me and Fyzie coming together. Boodram: I am talking about how far from which part you was? You and Fyzie was together all this time? Henry: Right now me and Fyzie together. Boodram: Who with you? Henry: Me and Fyzie alone. Boodram: Kaz, where you? Ali Jr: Right here. Boodram: Right here where? Ali Jr: That is a stupid question [chuckles]. Boodram: Kaz, everything alright with you? Ali Jr: No. Boodram: [Muffled] Chris, Fyz, anything happened to you? Kurban: No boy. Chris: Kaz. [Someone asks Henry if anything happened to him and he replied that his foot was broken. Recording ends with another moan from Nagassar] The Commission is expected to continue on Tuesday (22nd November 2022), when the only surviving diver, Christopher Boodram, will give oral evidence. Facilities Engineer Hassan Mohammed and Technical Maintenance Manager Michael Wei, both of Paria, are also expected to give evidence. [Source: T&T Guardian] We are a small operation. If you've found our articles to be informative, please consider supporting us via PayPal or buying us a coffee. Your contribution is incredibly appreciated and goes a long way. Simply sharing our articles also helps us. Sign up for our free WhatsApp Alerts to be notified as soon as we post breaking news. NEW! Check out our Merchandise Store for high-quality t-shirts, hats and more!
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