FORTY-YEAR-OLD fisherman, Sadeia Santora, called ‘Old Dog’, of Montrose, and a father of four, has been missing since Wednesday when he reportedly fell from a fishing trawler in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Melanie and Buxton, East Coast Demerara.The missing man’s mother, Drupattie Santora, told the Chronicle during an interview yesterday that she was at work when she received news that her son is missing.

“I was at work when I got a call from my daughter saying that my son fall overboard. She say de boss man call she and tell she dat he fall overboard and dem ain’t finding he,” the woman recounted sadly.

Santora, of 176 Fifth Street, Montrose Seawall, East Coast Demerara, left the Meadow Bank Wharf on the East Bank on Wednesday morning to head out to sea when the incident occurred.

The man’s mother said he has been working at sea all his life and has four children, ages 18, 9, 7 and 5. The children are not living at their father’s East Coast home since he and their mother have separated.
This publication was also told by the man’s relatives that his employer visited them on Wednesday night and spoke highly of the father of four. They said that the missing man had also spoken well of his employer and he never reported that the boss or the crew were unkind to him.

Sadeia Santora’s sister, Urmilla Santora said her brother went missing somewhere between Buxton and Melanie as they were heading out to the high seas. This, she said, is according to the other crew members on board at the time.
Urmilla said she was informed that the rest of the men were in the cabin and her brother was sitting on the icebox.

Asked if the man consumes alcohol, the woman responded in the affirmative but stated that her brother does not drink when he has to go at sea.
If it is confirmed that Sadeia Santora has drowned, he will be the second child that his mother would have to bury in the past three years.
In 2012, another one of the woman’s son, Patrick Santora, was killed during what was reported to be a triangular love affair. His reputed wife was arrested but was subsequently set free by the court for want of prosecution.
Mrs. Drupattie Santora said that the new tragedy is very hard for her since the missing son lived all the years with her and was her bread winner.
“Well this is hard for me, I am still grieving for the other one and now this one gone, he was my bread winner. It is very hard and tough right now, he lived here with me all the time and when he come from sea he does just sit and take a little drink; he don’t trouble nobody,” the woman recalled with tears in her eyes. (Leroy Smith)