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Russell Cornelius and members of the Success Dominoes Club
Public-spirited civilians are continuing to come to the aid of Russell Cornelius, the seaman who lost his legs in a mishap last month.
On Sunday, members from the Success Dominoes Club traveled to Cornelius’s Grove, East Bank Demerara home, to present him with a wheelchair and other items.
The group members said that they were moved to make the donation after reading about the seaman’s plight.
They said that they are concerned that Cornelius has been rendered unable to provide for his four children.
The seaman’s relatives allege that officials from Noble House Seafoods Limited, where Cornelius was employed, have indicated that they will not compensate Cornelius for his injuries.
Last week, fishermen from Pritipaul Singh Investments gave Cornelius $133,000, which they had pooled together from their own earnings. Members of a benevolent group, who asked not to be identified, had also made a donation to the injured man.Meanwhile, Noble House Personnel Officer, Piercy Corlette, has repeatedly declined to say what aid, if any, the company will give Cornelius.
Cornelius, 43, had his legs severed on January 18 last when his limbs got entangled in a winch on the World Friend 307, a trawler that is operated by Noble House Seafoods.
At the time, the vessel was some nine miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.
Trawler captain Roy Soknanan and four of his crewmen have all submitted statements about the mishap.
Two of the crewmen recounted hearing Cornelius cry out and then seeing his severed legs on the trawler deck.
The crewmen said they tied Cornelius’s mangled limbs to staunch the bleeding and placed him on a mattress in the cabin.
A Coast Guard vessel took him to shore, where a waiting ambulance took him to hospital.
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