Tal Corentyne piracy battling to come to terms with loss
Saturday and Petrie’s service will be held today.
As of Saturday afternoon, a team was still out at sea continuing the search for Seeram and Tamasar.
Although on an annual basis, piracy attacks may be rare in Guyana, whenever they occur, they usually claim the lives of multiple fishermen. The horrific attacks often grab the attention of the nation in the initial stages but after the news cycle moves on to the next story, the families of the fishermen are left to pick up the pieces.
The ties the fishermen had to their families, their friends, and their communities are sometimes never spoken about or brought to light. The situation in which their families are left are some-times never made public.
For the two fishermen who remain missing, their families are presently struggling with whether to continue to hope for their return or to grieve the loss of their sons. The families said that at this point, they are doing both, since, although the fisher-men’s chances of surviving the attack seem slim, they will forever have hope that they might return, unless their bodies are found.
Tamasar’s relatives have spent their recent days crying and remembering him. Stabroek News visited their homes several times over the last week when relatives from afar and near, as well as neighbours, gathered to grieve with the immediate family.
The families seem confused, frustrated and lost as to how to feel and react to the situation.