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WHILE several offers were made to rescue divers trapped in an undersea oil pipeline belonging to Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd, no solid rescue plan was presented to Paria by anyone, said Paria terminal and trading manager Mushtaq Mohammed on Wednesday.

VOLUNTEER rescuers seeking to save divers trapped in an undersea pipeline were too emotional to be allowed to try to perform a rescue, argued Collin Piper, terminal operations manager at Paria Fuel Trading Co Ltd on Thursday at the International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain, at the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the February 25

LMCS dive operator Andrew Farah testified at the Paria Commission of Enquiry (CoE) on Thursday, that he and his team were willing to die to rescue their colleagues who were sucked into a 30-inch undersea pipeline at Pointe-a-Pierre on February 27. But, he expressed frustration about continually being told he had to await approval from