Dear Editor,
It is with deepest sadness I refer to the recent tragedy on the East Bank road which snuffed out the lives of three able young men of our dear soil. While the reports in the three dailies are yet to establish the truth and the police are still investigating the actual accident, I must say that such road accidents have not been rare in Guyana. I remember participating many years ago in the opening of the Mahaica-Georgetown highway, and in leading the prayers mentioned “safety from carnage.” Today I have to mourn the victims, one of them being my cousin’s son, Asheki.
All these youths are the tomorrow of our coveted nation and more must be done to educate, protect and remind our road users that each life is as important as theirs, and the taking of one life is like taking that of the entire human race.
Asheki and the others are deeply mourned by their loved ones, who are terribly angered by the event. Of course the survivor is also a victim of this traumatic experience and will need therapy.
Asheki was another future pilot of Guyana, another budding sports enthusiast and another blossoming citizen heading for a bright ‘legit’ future.
Events like these should have the interfaith community praying and talking, the parliamentarians legislating and the media personnel debating, not forgetting the rich who should make pledges for establishing foundations in the name of such educated youths who did not live to see their dreams come true.
I pray for our brothers’ Heavenly residence and endurance on behalf of their
grieving loved ones.
Yours faithfully,
Habeeb Alli
