THE body of 49-year-old Heron Ewart Anthony who fell into the Atlantic Ocean from a ramp of the MMA/ADA sluice at Trafalgar, West Coast Berbice (WCB) on Tuesday, was recovered on the foreshore not far away Wednesday morning.

The discovery was made by early-morning searchers around 06:00hrs. Reports on Tuesday last stated that Anthony of # 29 Village, WCB, had ventured onto the ramp of the sluice to wash his feet at the end of a hunt for crabs on the Atlantic foreshore, around 09:00hrs.
He had been accompanied by his wife Alicia who had remained on the sluice itself and was shocked to see him slide on the ramp and fall into the channel leading into the ocean. He had then started swimming in the direction of the left bank of the channel and appeared to be in control and since there was no one else around, she had run to the sluice attendants’ accommodation nearby to request help.

When she returned he had disappeared from view. Anthony was a mechanic who worked at the RUSAL Bauxite operations at Aroima, Upper Berbice River. A workplace acquaintance said that he had earlier this week surprised his colleagues when he announced that he would cut his work period in half and go home, since he wasn’t feeling well.

“He was supposed to work two weeks and then leave the worksite, but he cut short his stay at the workplace half way and came home. Came home to meet his end,” the worker lamented. The body of Anthony, who was said to be a model worker was taken to a local mortuary to await a post-mortem before being handed over to relatives for burial. Police investigations into the circumstances surrounding his demise were up to late yesterday ongoing.