Ugandan songstress, Iryn Namubiru who survived the Lake Victoria tragedy last Saturday has given a chilling confession of how a student saved her life and others.
Below is her statement
Here is MASOLE BRIAN a student at KIU who saved my life AND MANY others’. He went back to the lake 3 times until there were no other people alive.
Brian and other fellow stud3nts had hired their boat to go have fun on the near by Islands. When they heard and saw our boat capsizing, he quickly took his friends ashore and cane to rescue us.
He heard my distress calls for help as i saw other boats passing us by, saw the light of my phone that I kept waving up and came right to me. He asked me for the phone, bag and then pulled me in. Then he tried to pull the lady who came grabbing on my hand and life jacket almost drowning me.
I managed to bring her up to the boat but she died right there as part of her life jacket got stuck under the boat and she was to heavy. That was Mrs. BISASE owner of the boat. I left my phone with BRIAN which he used to save others and went straight to resuscitate a one SHYLLA NANKUNDA who must have died on the boat.
I was under water for about 40 seconds, I have never dived in my life AND only know one stroke in life which I didn’t even use. I hardly swim. I got rescued with everything I had, I went on to try to resuscitate others mainly doing the mouth to mouth but they were already dead!
I Thank you Brian, The fishermen , the locals and all those who with whom we were trying to save others. It’s unfortunate that One fisherman died so others could live. May he R.I.P.
On that very night Brian communicated with my people found who I was, assured them that I was alive and safe. At 03h30 he was at my house with my manager just to make sure. .
Yesterday, Monday 26th 2018, Brian came home, brought back my shoes and phone! .
We took this photo.
You are my hero.
And again, To God be the Glory.!
Via Iryn Namubiru Facebook Account
