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The 87-year-old ferry, MV Barima, had set sail on Saturday, July 18th, from the capital, Georgetown, to Port Kaituma when it began taking on water and capsized in Atlantic waters off the Essequibo coast. Though the ship’s manifest listed 116 passengers and 17 crew, authorities believe as many as 179 people were aboard. As of Wednesday, 65 bodies had been recovered as divers searched for nearly 40 remaining victims. This is the worst maritime tragedy in our Caribbean community after the sinking of the Haitian ferry Neptune on February 16, 1993, which resulted in an estimated 1,500 deaths.
St. Elizabeth’s Church joins our Guyanese community in this time of mourning and grief. Many of our members are intimately connected both to the victims and to the ferry operations. On Sunday, our worship included a memorial service during which we prayed in solidarity with Guyana.
+Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and may their souls and those of the faithful departed rest in peace and rise in Glory.
Amen+