Chris Boodram Testifies - Commission of Inquiry - Paria Tragedy - Trinidad

Summary of testimony of Christopher Boodram

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  • @Xcintric
    @Xcintric9 ай бұрын

    "I failed them" that is one of the most heartbreaking things i have ever heard in my entire life... 😢

  • @Lee-ii9mk
    @Lee-ii9mk Жыл бұрын

    Bless this man and the families of those who passed away. 🕊️

  • @BigLadGreen

    @BigLadGreen

    9 ай бұрын

    They didnt pass away, they were murdered by the rich motherfucker who couldn't be bothered to rescue them.

  • @UNKNOWN-CODM-YT-
    @UNKNOWN-CODM-YT-3 ай бұрын

    Here are some additional facts: 1) They were in there for 4 days and on the 3rd day people were still hearing banging on the pipe 2) Paria got the coast guard to stop divers from rescuing the men trapped 3) There were multiple divers ready and willing to go in from lmcs and rescue that same hour but were all blocked from going in 4) Paria said the coast guard would be doing the rescue but the coast guard said they had no equipment 5) The families of all the divers sat in the refinery carpark for 4 days waiting to hear news about their loved ones and the company couldn't even give them some water to drink, it was community members who brought food and water for the families 6) They left those men in there to die and when 4 days had passed and they were sure they were dead they flushed the bodies out the pipe as quickly as possible; this damaged the bodies and flooded any air bubbles remaining so if the men were alive by then the flushing operation probably killed them 7) The bodies were retrieved in secret, placed in boxes to disguise them and then snuck out via a back entrance, while the family members were left waiting 8) The families were never informed that the men had died or that bodies had been retrieved; they found out via a television news program 9) No one from Paria ever met with the families at any point, they were just outright ignored 10) When questioned in the commission of inquiry it was revealed that no rescue plan was ever made; they simply sat and waited for the men to die 11) Paria had the pipeline capped off on both ends so no one else could escape. 12) Chris tried to check himself out of the hospital but was restrained and forcefully sedated on the orders of Paria who feared he was planning on mounting his own rogue rescue operation (he later confirmed he was) 13) No arrests were ever made or charges filed and no one was fired or at least suspended from the company for the failing 14) Not a single cent was paid to any family yet 15) No new security measures or operational protocols were ever implemented or existing ones updated to prevent something similar from happening; indeed, Paria never even promised or announced plans to make any changes of any kind whatsoever (the remaining and new divers that were brought in were simply told to be more careful and that it was responsibility to prevent accidents of any kind) 16) When first informed of the accident, the first thing that Paria managers asked was how much downtime there would be; this was their first and only concern 17) Paria resumed operations the very next day after the bodies were retrieved (although the company wanted to resume work the very same day but it was nighttime already); this included the pipeline where the accident occurred which was put back in use the next day as well (in fact, 5 minutes before they started using it again they flushed one last time: Bits of diving suits and human tissue were still inside and once they came out of the pipe they were simply discarded in the ocean) 18) The company has an extensive history of corruption: Its managers are in bed with the government and they use the company to do underhand business so they can steal tax money. The company was originally called Petrotin until a scandal involving the prime minister who was found to be selling the oil illegally on the side using a friend as a straw man; to avoid jail they closed the company down and started 5 new companies from it Paria being one of them. Furthermore, local rumors have always swirled around claiming that the government is doing oil deals with Venezuela secretly to avoid sanctions as Maduro and The TT prime minister Rowley are apparently good friends and if the divers had survived the spotlight would be placed on the company which would also face legal actions from these men (dead men can't sue you or go public with what they know), thus making it much harder to do their corrupt deals so they were left to die and the government-run company got away with it with no consequences

  • @firelinksunlight9692

    @firelinksunlight9692

    2 ай бұрын

    Where can I read more about this

  • @wishinglunaxxv

    @wishinglunaxxv

    11 күн бұрын

    amazing comment 😊

  • @UNKNOWN-CODM-YT-

    @UNKNOWN-CODM-YT-

    10 күн бұрын

    @@wishinglunaxxv thx

  • @thedappercook

    @thedappercook

    Күн бұрын

    ​@@UNKNOWN-CODM-YT-for the sake of transparency, where did you get all this information from?

  • @denisesalles7248
    @denisesalles72489 ай бұрын

    this poor man. Unbelievable what he went through, and that he survived. I imagine he has terrible survivor's guilt. May he recover from the physical and emotional pain eventually.

  • @GirlyEnglishGamer
    @GirlyEnglishGamer6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for posting this video. My husband showed me a video explaining everything that happened. I'm shocked that such evil people let these men suffer for FOUR WHOLE DAYS !!!!!!

  • @User_92020

    @User_92020

    3 ай бұрын

    3 days

  • @Bagasreal2

    @Bagasreal2

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@User_92020one was able to push till monday

  • @Peace86535
    @Peace865357 ай бұрын

    Id honestly say the mgt of the oil company were pissed that he survived. If they could have left him there, they probably would have. All workers dead. Nothing but silence and this case would be closed. Chris made it and now is shouting about it . I can’t imagine the oil company officials are happy about this investigation

  • @purrrfect78

    @purrrfect78

    7 ай бұрын

    Exactly what I was thinking. Disgusting humans

  • @2CanChewBoo

    @2CanChewBoo

    5 ай бұрын

    Scary but true

  • @anniegeng6433

    @anniegeng6433

    4 ай бұрын

    Agree wholeheartedly

  • @Stupid_Words
    @Stupid_Words8 ай бұрын

    The real world is horrific, every system is controlled by corrupt evil bad people.

  • @Flo-Ory

    @Flo-Ory

    3 ай бұрын

    and with the Money...

  • @furiousinsects6386

    @furiousinsects6386

    25 күн бұрын

    true.

  • @raz7864
    @raz78649 ай бұрын

    That’s not a story, that’s hell itself

  • @rqb6731
    @rqb673110 ай бұрын

    The guilt he must feel is fucking heartbreaking

  • @IMWATCHING501

    @IMWATCHING501

    9 ай бұрын

    Guilt for what? He did everything he could, the company has failed and they should pay.

  • @stephenmason1245

    @stephenmason1245

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@IMWATCHING501it's called survivor's guilt, look it up.

  • @EttorePas

    @EttorePas

    9 ай бұрын

    Guilt that he survived and his coworkers didn't, nobody is saying that he is responsable, far from that, but maybe his mind could see that way, it happens, I can speak about me for example, that I feel guilt about my grandfather's death, and he died from cancer, but I still se that way because personal reasons.@@IMWATCHING501

  • @K1ngG1no

    @K1ngG1no

    9 ай бұрын

    @@IMWATCHING501 yes he did everything he could but most of the time people that make it out while others died still have survivors guilt

  • @hieverything123

    @hieverything123

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@IMWATCHING501 4 people gave thier life or shall I say risk so that he can help them he tried his best but he failed ik the company failed but this is how he will feel obviously anyone for feel the same if i was in his situation.

  • @MshAhmxiO1
    @MshAhmxiO12 ай бұрын

    "At that point, I told myself that I would die. I said to God I am coming. Ma, look out for me. I was expecting to be dead,” he told the CoE. God bless this man who survived, beating the odds. Chris did everything right. His anger & forethought is well understood. Prayers for those families who grieve.

  • @michaeldonnelly2977
    @michaeldonnelly297710 ай бұрын

    Thank you for posting this UNEDITED AND IN FULL. I was very interested in Chris’ story and this b answer edit a lot of questions about how he survived.

  • @richjames7948

    @richjames7948

    9 ай бұрын

    How anyone believes him is absolutely amazing 🙄🤦‍♂️

  • @flaviospinogatti4333

    @flaviospinogatti4333

    9 ай бұрын

    ​​@@richjames7948the fck u mean by "anyone believes him" like u for real dude?

  • @soulfireonfire6423

    @soulfireonfire6423

    9 ай бұрын

    @@richjames7948 What? There’s audio! So exactly what is there not to believe.

  • @richjames7948

    @richjames7948

    9 ай бұрын

    @@soulfireonfire6423 Calm down!!!!!!!!! 🙄🤣

  • @2bz2nv

    @2bz2nv

    9 ай бұрын

    @@richjames7948bro YOU Calm down you on every video posting rude comments about this man

  • @druccas5825
    @druccas58257 ай бұрын

    I feel so bad for Chris. Such a sad story, I can't even imagine. I know the pain of survivors guilt. But this is tough, my heart breaks for this man

  • @error-xo7hr
    @error-xo7hr6 ай бұрын

    No one paid for this this tragedy, the world we live in is completely fucked up

  • @wimzswimz9843
    @wimzswimz98437 ай бұрын

    Even though i can't understand his english properly, But after i listened to christoper's witness at 43:06 - 44:34, my heart is broken cuz he said he failed to save them and at 1:18:38 - 1:19:40, i said, Oh My God! Cuz his eyes are really filled with anger and disappointment with rescuers who did nothing to save them. He is also traumatized by that incident cuz being trapped in the pipe is the most horrifying experience ever. Overall, christopher's expression is really genuine cuz his way of speaking, his emotional eyes, and the expression he delivers really tell the story. I do hope he'd do well in his entire life. Anyway, i'd love to know more about him

  • @EpikChild
    @EpikChild5 ай бұрын

    This is so awful. Chris is a beautiful person and I know he's been in therapy since this horrific event; I wish the absolute best for him. He failed no one. He did the best that he could, and I hope one day he realizes that. I hope Chris and his family, as well as the families of the divers who were lost, get some kind of justice. The real reason Paria didn't send a rescue team (even though there were plenty of rescue divers willing to go, and Chris himself had to be restrained at the hospital because he was 100% going to jump back in and save them) is because Paria didn't want to damage their pipe and have to spend money to get them out, to then have to fix the pipe. They didn't care that these 4 individuals died. They didn't care that they had families and friends and favorite restaurants, favorite colors, playlists of music they enjoyed, social lives and aspirations. They just didn't care. I think that hurts the most. Profit margins are NEVER worth more than human lives. Especially not 4 of them.

  • @furiousinsects6386

    @furiousinsects6386

    25 күн бұрын

    four? all the wealth in the universe is not worth one person's life.

  • @sshreddderr9409

    @sshreddderr9409

    13 күн бұрын

    @@furiousinsects6386 thats bs. you could do much more good with that than with 4 peoples lives. also, you dont get into a higher position in any large company or anything that has to do with politics without being an immoral psychopath, cause this is simply demanded from top down and treated like it was normal, and those who have to much empathy simply quit way before they reach any position of importance, leaving only the immoral ones who were not replulsed enough by what is requested of them

  • @furiousinsects6386

    @furiousinsects6386

    13 күн бұрын

    @@sshreddderr9409 What does that have to do with anything i've said? I say that no all the money is worth human life in my opinion.

  • @sshreddderr9409

    @sshreddderr9409

    13 күн бұрын

    @@furiousinsects6386 and my point was that this is objectively not true, no matter how uncomfortable that may be

  • @furiousinsects6386

    @furiousinsects6386

    13 күн бұрын

    @@sshreddderr9409 This is objectively true. Life has value, it can't be measured in money. Case closed.

  • @Smokkococa
    @Smokkococa9 ай бұрын

    The way them 2 man in them suits question cris is like they wanted him to die in the pipeline also Them fuckers treat the man like a dogg

  • @Smokkococa
    @Smokkococa9 ай бұрын

    Why they questioning the man like he’s a criminal 👀 or am I wrong

  • @rustamakhumdov7373

    @rustamakhumdov7373

    9 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing poor dude 😢

  • @NCRRanger7753

    @NCRRanger7753

    8 ай бұрын

    They were trying to trick him into saying there was no way to save the men because they don't want to pay out to their families. They're also looking for ways to blame the men for the incident occuring as well.

  • @matthewwilliams3827

    @matthewwilliams3827

    8 ай бұрын

    Because these people are purely about money and power, never for the betterment of humankind or the environment.

  • @chloeeley7891

    @chloeeley7891

    8 ай бұрын

    I think its more them enquiring about what happened but it does seem like they’re trying to find someone other than themselves to point the blame at

  • @Peace86535

    @Peace86535

    7 ай бұрын

    I think they were trying to find loop holes in his story to try deviate the responsibility away from the oil company

  • @Baner496
    @Baner4968 ай бұрын

    Paria should be sued the the hell out.

  • @PylesOfPepe

    @PylesOfPepe

    8 ай бұрын

    True😊

  • @omarmahfouz5599

    @omarmahfouz5599

    4 ай бұрын

    😊😊​@@PylesOfPepe

  • @FacesOfAddiction
    @FacesOfAddiction4 ай бұрын

    God the tears I’ve shed while watching this... I just want to hug Chris...

  • @MrSomethingElse
    @MrSomethingElseАй бұрын

    hard to hear but in the telling of the story there is honor, this man needs regular hugs and let him weep for as long as he needs to. love chris, sir, nothing but love,

  • @ReImaginate-ly7ui
    @ReImaginate-ly7ui8 ай бұрын

    I can feel for this brother the guilt he must feel eating him up, thank God he has his wife to give him the comfort as he said, that he needs most in this tough time, only God will get him through this tough time God bless him and his brothers who passed on

  • @sshreddderr9409

    @sshreddderr9409

    13 күн бұрын

    his wife is likely going to leave him if he cries to much and cheat on him with another dude who doesnt cry

  • @kyonw2656
    @kyonw26569 ай бұрын

    Imagine how scary that would have been for them all! RIP

  • @kolarz2128

    @kolarz2128

    2 ай бұрын

    You can't really

  • @Physics67315
    @Physics673157 ай бұрын

    Speechless....

  • @alfi341
    @alfi3416 ай бұрын

    This is one of the worst shit that can happen imagine u are hours or days trapped inside a fking dark pipe, without something to drink or eat... I feel so bad for them.😢

  • @tdenzel101

    @tdenzel101

    4 ай бұрын

    dont forget covered and smelling oil.

  • @crackthefoundation_
    @crackthefoundation_8 ай бұрын

    Why have I not heard of this?????

  • @mannyblackstar

    @mannyblackstar

    8 ай бұрын

    Check the video. Heartbreaking 😢

  • @Peace86535

    @Peace86535

    7 ай бұрын

    We get bombarded with BS daily!!! And we didn’t hear of this???? Making sure people remain ignorant

  • @User_92020

    @User_92020

    3 ай бұрын

    You have your ears covered

  • @crackthefoundation_

    @crackthefoundation_

    2 ай бұрын

    @@User_92020 it wasn't covered at ALL in usa media

  • @shadownova4953
    @shadownova49538 ай бұрын

    When you work for a big company you ain't nothing but a bloodsack/body to fill a position and when a sack splits they pick up and find a new one then its hush hush, look up Russian lathe accident i bet that machine had someone else running it within a week or two because it wasn't turning out parts

  • @isaiahsroom
    @isaiahsroom4 ай бұрын

    I'm glad he made it, I'm sure the company hoped he didn't to cover shit up

  • @DjOMARi876
    @DjOMARi8766 ай бұрын

    This Is sooooo sad.

  • @quentin_godec
    @quentin_godec6 ай бұрын

    RIP

  • @BrockBricks
    @BrockBricks9 ай бұрын

    this is like getting stuck inside a huge slide ..instant panic

  • @MS.MINI31

    @MS.MINI31

    9 ай бұрын

    No this is way worse 😢at least a slide is cut into to rescue you

  • @_elynas

    @_elynas

    8 ай бұрын

    Huge? Wasn’t that pipe like 13 inches?

  • @ButtScootBJJ

    @ButtScootBJJ

    8 ай бұрын

    @@_elynas- Be serious, you can’t be that dumb lol. It was a 30” diameter pipe.

  • @Jonny_The_Organism

    @Jonny_The_Organism

    8 ай бұрын

    @@_elynas30 inches

  • @Zilziox

    @Zilziox

    7 ай бұрын

    @@_elynas30 inches, not to discredit you though. That’s not huge at all

  • @prawnstar9213
    @prawnstar92132 ай бұрын

    That woman starts to text while the video is playing.. unreal

  • @thedappercook
    @thedappercookКүн бұрын

    Have parts of this being censored or redacted? I've seen this before but it was far more raw and unredacted. In the one I watched he was asked lots of questions.

  • @aaronr.5491
    @aaronr.54919 ай бұрын

    Best part “up front boy dem fellas dead boy”. When he says that ain’t making sense. 😅😅. He fixed that real quick. 1:25:38

  • @Peace86535
    @Peace865357 ай бұрын

    If they had shone a light down the pipe when they rescued Chris, it may of been an indication to the others that he was saved and there was an opening for others to follow.

  • @TheKaiTetley

    @TheKaiTetley

    5 ай бұрын

    Parts of the pipe were filled with water. Chris made it out with an air tank.

  • @savannahcole9130
    @savannahcole91304 ай бұрын

    If the tank was lubricated already with crude oil and water, they definitely could’ve slipped the tank right under them. May God bless this man, the devil is a liar.

  • @valid3383
    @valid33835 ай бұрын

    When they removed the inflatable plug is this the first time on record that the pressure changed like this?

  • @jerryvandevort2366

    @jerryvandevort2366

    Ай бұрын

    Good question. Seems like more caution should've been in place. I believe something broke.

  • @DigitalArchive.
    @DigitalArchive.4 ай бұрын

    horrifying

  • @pleasehelphaitinow
    @pleasehelphaitinow Жыл бұрын

    Did the others have GoPros?

  • @lawrencejohnson1310

    @lawrencejohnson1310

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope.....

  • @user-kc3dc1bg9o

    @user-kc3dc1bg9o

    5 ай бұрын

    No, only Chris. God works in mysterious ways! Thank God the sole survivor had a go pro bc Paria didn’t believe him in the beginning!!!!

  • @omarmahfouz5599

    @omarmahfouz5599

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-kc3dc1bg9oi think the camera belonged to Faizal

  • @mrhappy5695
    @mrhappy56953 ай бұрын

    No. This man will have fate happen and we will all remember this. This is un-fucking-believable. This is the best human on earth mf

  • @tmotz
    @tmotz8 ай бұрын

    Where is his accent from?

  • @lawrencejohnson1310

    @lawrencejohnson1310

    8 ай бұрын

    Trinidad and Tobago

  • @user-kc3dc1bg9o

    @user-kc3dc1bg9o

    5 ай бұрын

    Trinidad and Tobago

  • @buskerscat
    @buskerscat7 ай бұрын

    Who is this guy asking questions (not Lynch the other one) ?

  • @lawrencejohnson1310

    @lawrencejohnson1310

    7 ай бұрын

    The commissions legal council.

  • @JaredHighlands
    @JaredHighlands7 ай бұрын

    Dont think i heard of this.

  • @dennis836pius3
    @dennis836pius32 ай бұрын

    I can't understand... What this person

  • @User_92020
    @User_920203 ай бұрын

    Why is he smiling 😃 At the thumbnail 😆 🤣 😂

  • @richjames7948
    @richjames79483 ай бұрын

    Why is he smiling in the thumbnail? Whats funny?

  • @giovannigiorgio2262

    @giovannigiorgio2262

    Ай бұрын

    lol

  • @richjames7948

    @richjames7948

    Ай бұрын

    @@giovannigiorgio2262 I must admit I laughed aswell the last time I was lost up your mother's wide pipe. It was scary. Luckily I was rescued. 👍😁

  • @bpavilion8994
    @bpavilion89947 ай бұрын

    I understand that these companies pay you money, but at the same time, personal responsibility.... There's no way you said to your self that this job is safe, at the end of the day it's your life, you have to put your foot down and tell the company to get safety measures down or say to heck with that job... Government corrupted for true if they have this happen and do nothing to either fine the company or shut them down... Anybody who takes this job after them is crazy....

  • @rust-0hspray156

    @rust-0hspray156

    7 ай бұрын

    I don't funk with hazardous jobs and I definitely don't fuck with the ocean. I will never be in that situation I'd rather sit in prison for a full year than to be stuck in that pipe for 2 days

  • @bpavilion8994

    @bpavilion8994

    7 ай бұрын

    @@rust-0hspray156 I feel you. And It was four days that they were stuck in the pipe. They were alive for four days, and then the company flushed the pipe, which probably was what killed them... They did not want them coming out alive, they didn't even send somebody to rescue them. Did you hear, dude said that when he came out of the pipe there was no body there to even help pull him out?

  • @stargirl1interlude

    @stargirl1interlude

    6 ай бұрын

    man moment

  • @richjames7948
    @richjames79483 ай бұрын

    This man is talking absolute nonsense

  • @kolarz2128

    @kolarz2128

    2 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @furiousinsects6386

    @furiousinsects6386

    25 күн бұрын

    how about those dead peaple and the videofootage?

  • @RetiredArmyCW4-F
    @RetiredArmyCW4-F9 ай бұрын

    This was a terrible story. This poor man tried to save his friends but that company wow I would like to know if they were sued or not? Chris is a hero though he did what he could do considering he was hurt as well.

  • @wimzswimz9843

    @wimzswimz9843

    7 ай бұрын

    The part at 1:18:38 - 1:19:40 is the most emotional one especially his way of speaking, his expression, his gestures and his eyes filled with anger and disappointment. Completely heartbreaking!

  • @EternalGR
    @EternalGR2 ай бұрын

    oh my god this video IS VERY InstERSTING BUt I CANT understand sh*t with tihs accent PLEASE FIX SUBTITLES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE