June 3 2015: The story of a Multimedia Journalist
The memory is still fresh on my mind, her sad face with no sign of hope, wearing an oversized dress, sitting on the floor as she lamented and wept uncontrollably. “Bue! bue! Ade Aye me o, obi nso mi mu o bue! Mensonomuo! she bellowed in lamentations. When I approached and tried to console her she said ‘Maame, how can I stop, my two children are gone, my whole family is gone, how can I stop crying, tell me?’ Maame Mary quizzed and continued wailing. Telling her to stop crying, now became a difficult thing to do as my own eyes were filled with tears. I would turn away and shed some tears and return to consoling her. One of Maame Mary’s children who died at 18, Esther “God knows best, pull yourself together, everything is going to be fine,” were few words I remember saying to her. She is a survivor of the tragic flood and fire disaster which occurred at Kwame Nkrumah Circle on June 3 last year, sweeping away over 150 lives. Fortunately, she escaped...