After spending almost a month in the hospital, Armani Mc Intyre, who had been in critical condition since a near-drowning incident at a water park has died.
Armani, 5, was on a family outing at a water park in Matura on August 24 when the incident occurred at around 1 pm.
A close relative, who did not want to be identified, confirmed that he died at the Sangre Grande District Hospital on Sunday shortly after 6 am.
“I am taking it on very hard, harder than his mother, because when I think about everything and how it all happened,” she said.
The relative, who said she was too distraught to say more, added that the funeral will be held on Friday.
In a recent interview, Armani’s mother Melissa Mc Intyre said she believed that her son was fighting for his life.
She said she had been seeing divine signs from God that her son would pull through and was praying for God’s will to be done.
“I am not blaming anyone because it’s an accident but God knows why this has happened to me and my son will be a miracle and living testimony of God’s power,” she said then.
Mc Intyre said Armani, who was born prematurely, was a “very intelligent child who was far advanced for his age.”
She told Guardian Media: “At the age of one year Armani knew his colours and not just red, blue and yellow but purple and green too. At two years he could have counted from one to 50. When I started him at this last school the teacher told me that Armani would take a corner in the classroom and teach other children their colours, shapes such as hexagon and counting numbers.”
The mother of two, a member of the T&T Defence Force for the past 14 years, dedicated the 12th day after the incident to prayer and fasting.
More than a week later, Armani passed away.
