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Students of UWI Mona campus are tonight speaking out after riding out hurricane Melissa in JAMAICA. Esther James who is studying medicine told TV6 News she remains traumatised following the event . More in this Elizabeth Williams report.





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00:00But overall, it was a very traumatizing experience, reason being because obviously I've never
00:06experienced something like this before, seeing the amount of rain, hearing the winds, seeing
00:11things falling and stuff like that, it was very traumatizing, and seeing the other parishes
00:17of Jamaica, like totally devastated, having friends that, when the hurricane even passed,
00:24I had friends who wasn't even in contact, but didn't hear from their family from since
00:29the Sunday or the Monday, before the hurricane, and would have only gotten word from somebody
00:37else, not even direct contact, probably like a day or two ago.
00:41So yeah, it was very traumatizing.
00:43The voice of Esther James, a Tobago student studying medicine at UWE Mona Campus, the Tobago
00:50rep for the Trinidad and Tobago Student Association at the UWE Mona Campus, Jamaica, told the TV6
00:58news, many students wanted to come home, but could not, because when they arrived at the
01:04airport in Jamaica before the hurricane, they were told they had to pay for their flights.
01:09Many who could not afford it left the airport in tears.
01:14Some persons, when they reached to the airport, turned back because they realized they had
01:19to pay for the flight, and they didn't have the money for that. Tickets were from $530 U.S.,
01:27some persons' tickets.
01:29Despite her present circumstance, Ms. Alfred told TV6 News she has been assisting in relief
01:36efforts in Jamaica, and remains thankful for the intervention of Chief Secretary Farley
01:41Augustine, who called via Zoom to ensure Tobago students were being properly cared for in
01:48Jamaica.
01:48During and after the hurricane, I lost contact with everything. No cell service, no electricity,
01:56no Wi-Fi, no data, nothing. So at least two days, and came back to Kingston to help with
02:05distribution of cool food items. And before that, the Chief Sec was also helping with distributing,
02:13well, getting food items to the Tobago Neon students, collabing with the High Commission
02:21of Trinidad and Tobago. As of right now, he also sent someone here in Jamaica who is lazing
02:28with me to get care packages to those students across Jamaica.
02:35Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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