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Put on a life jacket while on the river!
Dear Editor,
On Thursday June 30, 2016, while in the water taxi going from New Amsterdam to Rosignol, I observed that of the 33 passengers in the little vessel, I was the only one wearing his lifejacket properly; the others had theirs just thrown over their heads and shoulders and not buckled around the chest. In the event of a watery mishap, such loosely-worn buoyancy aids will simply float off the wearers’ shoulders, leaving them to the elements and grasping for me, the pilot and the bow-man, the only ones who were wearing the flotation devices properly, and pulling us all down.
Transport and Harbours Department should put up notices and diagrams at both stellings and on the craft on how to don a lifejacket correctly and the dangers of not doing so. The pilot and bow-man should also insist on the correct procedure before departure. Lives are at risk.
M. Xiu Quan Balgobind-Hackett
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