Family mourns loss of six-year-old boy swept away by flood
JAMAICA Tears flowed down Candice Chambers’ cheeks Tuesday and with a weak wave of the hand, she signalled to the Gleaner team to talk to her mother at their home in Oliver Gardens, May Pen, Clarendon. She was inconsolable as she tried to process the death of her six-yearold son, Dajohne Pennant, who was washed away in a canal in the Mount Claire area of May Pen, Clarendon, on Monday. He was being escorted home by his cousin when the tragedy occurred. Dajone Pennant, the six-year-old who drowned in the Mount Claire area in May Pen, Clarendon, on Monday. On Monday, heavy rains dumped huge amounts of water on the town leaving streets inundated. The May Pen police say Dajohne was on his way home from school with a 13-year-old cousin, when they reportedly attempted to cross a flooded channel and were swept away by the water. The teen managed to pull herself from the water, but Dajohne was swept further downstream by the strong current. Annette Williams, Pennant’s grandmother, could not hold back the tears, as she shared the last few hours she spent with him. “He slept with me the Sunday night parttime and a first him ever hug me so tight. Him hug me tight, him hug me tight, and mi kiss him on him forehead and tell him to go sleep,” were her emotional words. Recounting her last interaction with her grandson, Williams said she had to go on the road Monday morning, but before she left, she asked his aunt if he was going school and was told no. She said she told Dajohne that she would soon be back and he responded “Grandma, every day you gone.
(Stabroek News)