‘I Have Faith’, Last Words Of Hill Who Died In The Wake Of Cyclone Yasa
He was sheltering there with seven other families on Thursday night when Cyclone Yasa made its way into the village.
Sunday 20 December 2020 | 09:47
The damaged Yadua Village School where Chrales Brooke Hill seeked shelter from TC Yasa.
I have faith.
These were the last words of 69-year-old, Charles Brooke Hill who died when a partition of a four-room building at Yadua Village School in Bua fell on him.
The late Charles Brooke Hill.
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“I can recall, I looked at him and told him to have faith, he said ‘I have faith’, all of a sudden one of the partitions fell on him.”
Meanwhile, Mr Natuilagilagi said the villagers were in dire need of food and water.
He said the available root crops like cassava which the teachers had planted would be only enough for the next two to three days to cater for the whole village.
Mr Natuilagilagi said a total of 17 homes had been destroyed.
“For now, most families have nothing,” he said.
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