BANGOR-ETNA, Maine – Isifiso sikaDennis Hill sokufa bekuwukuvakashela umndeni wakhe eMaine bese ebuyela ekhaya lakhe iLakeland, Fla., elalibheke amanzi.
U-Hill wafika e-Etna emasontweni amabili edlule ezovalelisa okokugcina kumfowabo namadodana akhe amabili, kodwa akazange abuyele endlini yakhe eFlorida, lapho ayethanda ukuphuza inkomishi yekhofi ekuseni futhi abukele ingwenya yangakubo.
Lapho odokotela baseBangor betshela umndeni kaHill ukuthi umakadebona waseVietnam, owayenezimila zobuchopho eziyisikhombisa, izimila ezimbili zamaphaphu kanye nomdlavuza wesibindi, wayengeke asinde lapho ebuyela eFlorida, wathenga amathikithi amabili endiza ye-Allegiant Air. Indiza engami isuke ngo-12:30 pm ngoMgqibelo isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Bangor International futhi yehla ngaphambi nje kuka-4 ntambama e-Orlando Sanford International Airport.
Kodwa lapho indiza ifika eFlorida, uHill nomkakhe babengekho.
U-Allegiant wenqaba ukundizela ekhaya e-Hill.
"Umshayeli wendiza uthe ngeke amvumele ukuthi andize endizeni, nesizathu asishoyo - uma indiza iphahlazeka, akekho obezokwazi ukumsiza," kusho u-Richard Brackett, umfowabo kaHill.
Okhulumela u-Allegiant ukuqinisekisile ukuthi u-Hill unqatshelwe ukugibela. Ubhale nge-imeyili ukuthi umshayeli wendiza wayenokukhathazeka ngokuhamba kuka-Hill, futhi wathinta iMedLink, inkampani yezinkampani zangaphandle ehlinzeka ngemibono yezokwelapha ukuze inqume ukuthi abagibeli bezindiza bakulungele yini ngokwezempilo ukundiza.
"Ngemuva kokubonisana ne-[MedLink], kunqunywe ukuthi kungaba ubuhlakani uma ikhasimende lingandizi endizeni," kubhala umkhulumeli. Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi i-Hills ithole imbuyiselo ephelele yamathikithi.
Abamele i-MedLink bebengatholakali ngoLwesibili ukuze baveze izizathu ezithile zokuthi kungani u-Hill engavunyelwe ukundiza.
Ngesikhathi uMqondisi we-BIA uRebecca Hupp ezwa ngalesi sigameko ngoLwesibili, uthe izinkampani zezindiza kufanele zikale ilungelo lomuntu lokuhamba ngokuphepha kwabo bonke abagibeli.
"Ukuhamba ngendiza, nakuba kungeyona ingozi ngokwemvelo, kungakhokhisa umzimba," kusho uHupp.
UBrackett uthe umfowabo ubesebenzisa isihlalo esinamasondo, kodwa ubengadingi ithangi le-oxygen noma idriphu ye-IV. U-Hill kungenzeka ukuthi wayethukutheliswe kancane lapho egibela, kusho u-Brackett, ngenxa yokuthi umhlengikazi esibhedlela i-St. Joseph Hospital e-Bangor uphakamise ukuthi aphuze iphilisi lokulwa nokukhathazeka kanye nemithi yezinhlungu ngaphambi kwendiza.
“Anginawo umbono wasemhlabeni” ukuthi kungani bengamvumeli aqhubeke, kusho uBrackett.
Ku-e-mail yokulandelela, u-Allegiant uthe inkampani ayikwazanga ukuvumela u-Hill ukuba andize ngoba akanalo usizo lokwelashwa. UBrackett uphikisa ngokuthi umfowabo ubengaludingi usizo. Unkosikazi kaHill wayehamba naye, futhi ukunakekelwa kwabagulela ukufa kwakuzoqala lapho esefikile eFlorida.
Esikhundleni salokho, u-Hill waphuthelwa yithuba lakhe lokunakekela abagulela ukufa wabe esephuthunyiswa egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo esibhedlela saseWinter Haven ngeSonto ebusuku. Ukushayela okunganqamuki usuka eMaine uya eFlorida bekukhokhisa umzimba wakhe okhathele, kusho uBrackett.
UHill ushonele esibhedlela ngoLwesibili ekuseni.
Akabange esabuyela emzini wakhe phezu kwamanzi.
U-Brackett uyavuma ukuthi umfowabo wayezoshona ekhaya, kodwa wathi ukuhamba ngendiza okusheshayo, kunokuba uhambo olude, bekuzowenza amahora akhe okugcina akhululeke futhi kungenzeka kumnikeze usuku olwengeziwe noma ezimbili.
“Wayefuna ukufela emzini wakhe, okuyinto angazange athole ithuba lokuyenza,” kusho uBrackett.
“Sesiphuzile ukumsiza, kodwa mhlawumbe [ukuveza lokhu] kuzosiza omunye umuntu. Ngicabanga ukuthi bakweleta umkakhe ukuxolisa kakhulu.”
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