Family of Kenyan nurse who drowned seek government help to fly body back home
The family of the Kenyan nurse who drowned in Canada while live-streaming her swimming session on Facebook have asked the government to assist them in flying back the body of their daughter back home.
Led by her father, John Nyabuto, Wendy’s family have come out to say they are struggling to come to terms with the loss even as they try to figure out how to bring her body home for a proper send-off.
“I have lost my daughter and there is nothing I can do. I don’t know the cost of transporting the body back home, the pain is too much. I request for help. She was my only hope. I educated her through difficult means,” he added.
Nyabuto, who the family describes as sharp but calm, graduated from the Toronto Metropolitan University after studying oncology nursing at Pwani University.
Her father further revealed how he received the sad news from Nyabuto’s colleagues
“I saw a video clip of my daughter swimming. She was happy. Her colleague at work called and gave the phone to another person who informed me that my daughter had died in a swimming pool not far from where she was working,” John said in an interview with a local publication.
In a video which has since gone viral, Hellen ‘Wendy’ Nyabuto appears to be in high spirits as she lives streams on her Facebook page with the 24-year-old regularly taking breaks to respond to comments from her followers.
However, with 10 minutes and 30 seconds into the video, she can be seen struggling to stay afloat after she seemingly strayed into the deep end of the pool where she can be heard gasping for air before her cries for help went silent.
Hellen ‘Wendy’ Nyabuto was reportedly working as a nurse in Toronto.
According to the family, Nyabuto moved to Canada in 2019 after getting a 10-year study visa to Canada through a Green Card lottery where she was juggling between studies and part-time nursing practice.
