By Sue-Ann Wayow
WHOEVER is responsible for the deaths of the four underwater divers must be held accountable says LMCS Ltd.
The company was contracted by Paria Fuel Trading Company to do maintenance on the pipeline at Berth 6 and the divers were all employed by LMCS including the only son of the company’s managing director.
Kazim Ali Jr, Yusuff Henry, Fyzal Kurban and Rishi Nagassar all lost their lives when tragedy struck on February 25.
Christopher Boodram is the only survivor of the incident.
In a press release on Monday LMCS stated, “Those who were held responsible for this tragedy that led to the deaths of our employees and the serious injuries to Mr Boodram must be held accountable for their actions or lack thereof. The public interest requires no less. The families who lost their loved ones deserve no less. LMCS will be satisfied with no less.”
LMCS stated that at its own cost, a specialist pathologist to undertake private autopsies on the body was hired.
It stated that it has been concentrating its efforts on providing support to the family members of all who died and also undertook all the funeral costs.
Counselling services have also been available to Boodram and all other employees of the company who were also experienced grief and devastation.
Following the incident, LMCS was taken off all work from the pipelines Energy Minister Stuart Young had said adding that all major projects and non-routine operations have been suspended and operations at Paria were limited to routine maintenance and operations.
LMCS stated that it has the manpower to carry out a rescue operation for the four divers and also provided Paria with the methodology to do so. But it stated that it was prevented by Paria and the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.
