EFFORTS have been fruitless so far in trying to locate the body of fisherman Sadeia Santora, called ‘Old Dog’, 40, after he reportedly fell off a fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean last Wednesday, somewhere in the vicinity of Melanie and Buxton, East Coast Demerara.On Saturday, a sister of the man, who is a father of four, told the Guyana Chronicle that they have been searching since Wednesday for the man after it was realized that he was missing but there continues to be no sight of him.
Missing fisherman, Sadeia Santora
Last Thursday this publication first reported that the man of 176 Fifth Street, Montrose Seawall, East Coast Demerara, was missing after his fellow crew members reported that he reportedly fell off the vessel while they were inside the cabin and he was on the ice box.
“I was at work when I got a call from my daughter saying that my son fall overboard. She say de boss man call she and tell she dat he fall overboard and dem ain’t finding he,” the man’s mother recounted last Thursday morning during an interview.
The man’s mother said that he has been working at sea all his life and has four children, ages 18, 9, 7 and 5. The children are not living at their father’s East Coast home since he and their mother have separated.
Santora’s grieving mother speaking with the Guyana Chronicle
If it is confirmed that Sadeia Santora has drowned, he will be the second of his mother’s children to have died in the past three years.
In 2012 another one of the woman’s son, Patrick Santora, was killed during what was reported to be a triangular love affair. His reputed wife was arrested but was subsequently set free by the court for want of prosecution.
The mother said the new tragedy is very hard for her since the missing son lived all the years with her and was her bread winner.
“Well this is hard for me, I am still grieving for the other one and now this one gone, he was my bread winner. It is very hard and tuff right now, he lived here with me all the time and when he come from sea he does just sit and take a little drink, he don’t trouble nobody,” the woman recalled with tears in her eyes.