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Family ventures off to sea in search of missing fisherman
-still clinging to hope that he is alive
The family members of 32-year-old Lakeram Bagwandin, who allegedly fell off a fishing vessel on Tuesday
Missing: Lakeram Bhagwandin
last, had yesterday ventured out to the Pomeroon River where the accident occurred, in search of him.
Hoping that her son is somehow strong enough to have survived the raging waters without a life jacket, Margaret Bhagwandin told this publication that she does not believe that her son would just jump off of a boat in the middle of nowhere.
However, Kaieteur News was made to understand that the man had been “tripping out” and got involved in an argument after which he was taken to rest in a cabin. He disappeared a little while after.
It is still unclear as to whether or not someone witnessed Lakeram actually jumping off of the vessel.
The incident occurred some 17 miles off Charity and about 25 miles from the mouth of the Pomeroon River.
The man’s brother, Bisram Bhagwandin told Kaieteur News that his brother is a taxi driver who has only been out to sea only two to three times before. “This was the first time he gone on a trawler though,” the brother said.
The family explained that the owner for the vessel has been helpful, and provided them the opportunity to partake in the search for their loved one.
The Foulis Enmore resident’s family is clinging to hope that he would still be found alive, as the young men from the tug mishap did. They however, had been kept afloat with the use of life preservers.
After hours of failed attempts were made by crew members to find Bhagwandin, the incident was reported to the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC). They are also coordinating search and rescue efforts.
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