Videos: Regiment Receives Award from Cablevision
Bermuda CableVision today [Nov 25] awarded nine Bermuda Regiment officers for transporting of a paralysed man on life support and his heavily pregnant sister to the hospital in the midst of Hurricane Igor.
The team went to the rescue of Mr. Wolde Bartley during the evening of Sunday, September 19, as winds were building up to hurricane force on the island and it was deemed no longer safe to send out any ambulances from the hospital. Mr. Bartley, a former Regiment soldier, is heavily dependent on life support equipment in his home having suffered injuries in a car accident five years earlier.
The Regiment team who was awarded today consisted of: Captain Duncan Simons, Sergeant Major Gary White, Colour Sergeant Frederick Pereech, Sergeant Jason Smith, Corporal Shannon Jennings, Corporal Carol Everson, Lance Corporal Jason Swan, Acting Lance Corporal Eric DeSilva and Acting Lance Corporal Daniel Bascome. You can read the full story and view photos here, and watch videos below.
Regiment officers receive their awards individually:
CableVision’s General Manager Terry Roberson welcomes everyone. CableVision donated $1,000 towards a new generator for Mr. Wolde Bartley:
Bermuda Regiment Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Brian Gonsalves speaks briefly, saying the Regiment doesn’t do what they do to receive awards, they are here to assist the community:
Minister of National Security Colonel David Burch – decked out in a Bermuda Regiment tie – said it was a pleasure to be at the award ceremony, not only as the Minister in charge, but also as a former Regiment Commanding Officer:
Minister Walter Roban:
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