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Sabriel wrote:Country_Bookie wrote:RIP to the deceased.
Not sure what to make of the story that says he grabbed a table to hoist himself out of the pool though. Looking at some pics of the pool and not seeing any tables close to the edge of the pool.
Chile prolly a relative of dhalsim.
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Death of Eric Gittens
By Renuka Singh
Story Created: May 14, 2013 at 9:23 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 15, 2013 at 6:18 AM ECT
The family of six-year-old Eric Gittens, who was fatally crushed by a broken table at Turtle Beach Hotel in Tobago last Friday, has refuted an anonymous eyewitness account of the incident.
In a statement yesterday, friends and family members called on the anonymous witness to step forward and provide that report to the proper authorities.
“To the best of our knowledge, this version of events has never been submitted to the authorities. If this source is genuinely interested in helping prevent future tragedies like this one, we ask him/her to contact the Tobago police and formally make a report without the veil of anonymity,” the statement noted.
On Monday, an eyewitness was reported as having said the child was jumping on the table.
But family members have hit out at that report, saying it suggested “negligence on the part of Eric and his mother” and “reads like a callous, self-serving attempt to cause mischief or deflect responsibility”.
“In that regard, we repeat the Tobago police’s call for the hotel to remove other similar tables; for other people with similar equipment to check/remove them; and for the relevant experts to advise the public on the minimum standards required, eg, steel reinforcement to ensure that these tables do not cause more injuries in the future,” it said.
“For the sake of clarity, Eric was not in the pool nor had he been on the table prior to the accident that killed him. Eric is a slim six-year-old boy who was sitting on a chair at the table drinking a soft drink. When he put his hands on the table in order to stand up the pedestal broke and the heavy concrete tabletop collapsed, crushing him to death,” the statement said.
The letter said at this point, the family is attempting to cope with their grief and the task of burying their young son, but was still trying to do what they could to prevent similar situations.
Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association chairman, Hassel Thom yesterday said this tragic incident should force local authorities to make safety accreditation at all hotels mandatory.
In a telephone interview yesterday, Thom said several hotels have already earned their Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Industry Certification (TTTIC) accreditation and have renewed that licence annually, but it was not a compulsory accreditation and several hotels have chosen not to undergo the stringent safety checks. He said the hotels must attain certain benchmarks in order to retain a TTTIC accreditation. While attempts to get that listing through the Tourism Development Corporation and the Tobago House of Assembly proved futile yesterday, on-line checks of the TTTIC directory for 2012-2013 did not list Turtle Beach Hotel among the accredited Tobago hotels.
When asked about the TTTIC accreditation in a brief telephone interview yesterday, hotel manager Leslie Amedee said he “could not answer those questions now”.
Eric’s family clears the air
Wednesday, May 15 2013
RELATIVES of six-year-old Eric Gittens yesterday sought to clear the air on the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of the youngster during a family trip to Tobago last week. On Friday last, young Eric was crushed by a large concrete table at the Turtle Beach Hotel in Scarborough. A report from Old Grange police was that Eric was in the swimming pool and grabbed onto the table top to hoist himself out of the water, with the top dislodging from its based and falling on top of him.
Another report was that he was playing on top of the table which became dislodged from the base and both he and the table top fell to the ground. But in an e-mailed release yesterday, relatives said: “Eric was not in the pool nor was he on the table prior to the accident that killed him.
“Eric was a slim, six-year-old boy who was sitting on a chair at that table drinking a soft drink. When he put his hands on the table in order to stand up, the pedestal broke and the heavy concrete tabletop collapsed, crushing him to death.”
The e-mail stated that an article in a newspaper (not Newsday) yesterday suggested negligence on the part of Eric and his mother. Relatives, in the e-mail, said that article, “read like a callous, self-serving attempt to cause mischief or deflect responsibility.”
The family stated that claims made by an anonymous source which was the basis for that newspaper’s report, were not reported to the police.
The family asked that the anonymous source report this information to the proper authorities, if they are genuinely interested in helping prevent further tragedies.
The family said they are focused on dealing with their deep grief, burying Eric and doing what they can to prevent similar tragedies.
The family is also appealing to the Turtle Beach Hotel to remove other tables similar to the one that crushed Eric.
They want other people with similar equipment to check or remove them and get relevant experts to advise the public on the minimum standards required to ensure such tables do not cause injuries or death in the future.
The family and friends of six-year-old Eric Gittens, who died after a concrete table fell on him at the Turtle Beach Hotel in Tobago on Friday, are appealing to hotels and people with similar equipment to remove them rather than risking injuries in the future. In a statement yesterday the family and friends of Eric said they felt the need to speak in the interest of public safety, accuracy and a humane concern for the grieving parents of the young boy.
“We repeat the Tobago police’s call for the hotel to remove other similar tables, for other people with similar equipment to check (or) remove them and for the relevant experts to advise the public on the minimum standards required to ensure that these tables do not cause more injuries in the future.” Manager of the hotel, Leslie Amedee, refused to answer questions yesterday afternoon when contacted.
“The hotel has said all that it needed to say on the matter,” Amedee responded to several different questions. Asked six times whether the hotel would be removing or replacing the tables as a result of the incident, Amedee refused to answer. Amedee reportedly told a newspaper on Monday, however, the tables had been stationed around the hotel’s pool since 2004 and all necessary checks had been made to ensure their safety.
Eric’s family also raised concerns about an article in another paper yesterday that they felt suggested that his mother, Susan Gittens, was negligent in her supervision. The article quoted an anonymous source as saying Eric had been jumping on the concrete table and his mother was warned repeatedly to remove him.
“We appreciate that in situations like this emotions and gossip can distort stories and lead to people saying the wrong things. Having said that, Tuesday’s newspaper article suggesting negligence on the part of Eric and his mother reads like a callous, self-serving attempt to cause mischief or deflect responsibility. “We appeal to the media to exercise reasonable care in facilitating unfounded, anonymous allegations, and to respect the family’s need to bury their son in peace.”
The release also denied that the child had been jumping on the table. “To the best of our knowledge this version of events has never been submitted to the authorities. The release said Eric was not in the pool nor had he been on the table before the accident.
Kristen wrote:RIP little angel.
Bizzare wrote:Kristen wrote:RIP little angel.
hi. i'm shiv.
turbosingh wrote:This story the parents gave in the Newsday today makes no sense!
Eric was a slim, six-year-old boy who was sitting on a chair at that table drinking a soft drink. When he put his hands on the table in order to stand up, the pedestal broke and the heavy concrete tabletop collapsed, crushing him to death.”
turbosingh wrote:This story the parents gave in the Newsday today makes no sense!
Eric was a slim, six-year-old boy who was sitting on a chair at that table drinking a soft drink. When he put his hands on the table in order to stand up, the pedestal broke and the heavy concrete tabletop collapsed, crushing him to death.”
Hook wrote:Maybe steeringwheelsingh needs to go to Tobago and touch the table so he could have a Vin Diesel moment and see the events as they actually happened. Maybe even tell us what flavour juice was being consumed.
