…during alleged suicide attempt

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) Harry Gill was in the right place at the right time when he prevented a pensioner from taking her life, after she allegedly jumped into the Larico canal in Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice on Sunday.

The 82-year-old was rescued by Mr. Gill after he heard a loud splash of the water. Thinking someone had thrown garbage into the water as they sometimes do, the MP looked out the window and saw the woman in the water, struggling and screaming.

“I ran out of the house and was able to grab her and pulled her out to safety.
“I then called the Blairmont police and asked that they send a patrol to get her and she was taken for psychiatric and medical attention,” the People’s Progressive Party parliamentarian said.