‘She was our firstborn, studying Nursing’ – heartbroken Hellen Wendy’s father reveals
The father of the Canadian-based Kenyan student Hellen Wendy who died while on a live recording on Facebook has spoken for the first time since his daughter’s death.
John Nyabuto says he was overcome with emotions as he painfully watched the 24-year-old’s life come to a stop after drowning in a swimming pool.
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Speaking in a video shared on social media, the father of six says he did not first realize why the video was trending.
“I watched the clip from my phone. I saw it was my daughter swimming excitedly. I did not see anything unusual,” he said.
“She was just swimming, talking to the camera, and she looked very happy. However, I saw people writing sorrowful comments, and I did not understand why they were saying bad news, yet she was just swimming,” he added.
He said he missed the few final moments where Wendy drowned before the live footage went silent until someone from Canada called him to convey the news of her demise.
“Reality hit me when a Kenyan from Canada called and explained to me that my daughter drowned as documented in the sad clip while swimming. I was so shocked and couldn’t stop crying,” he added.
The father also revealed that Wendy was working as a nurse and being his firstborn, she was the family’s hope.
“She is our firstborn daughter. She travelled to Canada in 2018 and was studying nursing. Wendy was my only hope.
“I struggled to teach her with my wife until she was blessed to travel abroad. She has since been supporting us and was even paying her own school fees.
“We had started gaining stability. I’m now back to square one,” Nyabuto said before breaking down.
Nyabuto is also appealing to well-wishers to support him bring daughter’s body to the country for burial.
