Remember Miss Kechi Okwuchi, the Sosoliso crash survivor,
was on ‘Thank You’ visit to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
Ltd (SPDC), reports ITRealms.
At SPDC, ITRealms gathered
that there were emotional scenes as Miss Kechi Okwuchi, who survived the 2005
Sosoliso plane crash that claimed many lives visited had end of January,
expressed gratitude for the medical and financial assistance the company rendered
to her after the tragic incident.
Kechi, accompanied by her father’s friend, Mazi Victor
Okoronkwo and her aunty, Mrs. Uloma Umeano were received by Mr. Osagie Okunbor,
Managing Director, SPDC and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria.
Ms Kechi, who was returning from school in Abuja to Port
Harcourt, survived the crash but suffered third-degree burns. When her plight
came to the notice of SPDC, the company promptly stepped in and ensured that
she was air-lifted to South Africa for immediate medical attention and treatment.
Later, ITRealms also
gathered, Kechi later moved to the United States where she underwent several
surgeries with SPDC’s continued financial support.
According to Kechi’s father, Mr. Okwuchi, in a letter read
by Mazi Okoronkwo noted that “On December 10, 2005, Shell intervened,
notwithstanding the medical uncertainty to save life regardless of cost;
intervention propelled by a corporate policy that puts life above else. We
thank and applaud you for it."
Kechi further declared at the ‘thank you’ mission “I am
incredibly grateful and I walk through every day of my life knowing that I am
here today because of the amount of effort SPDC put into making sure that I
stayed alive…you came when all looked dark and you shone a light of hope into
my life.”
She shared how her family would remain grateful to SPDC for
ensuring she received the best medical care available.
‘I have never seen this kind of kindness from a corporation
before,’ she said, and later presented a certificate of recognition from the
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Galveston, Texas) to SPDC for its thoughtful
and generous contribution to the hospital.
Mr. Okunbor responded “it was instinctive for us as an
organisation to react the way we did as the most important thing for us then
was to save and preserve lives. Even though we were not directly involved, the
leadership decided that we had to intervene and do all we could as a company to
help and today, I am happy we did.”
Uj. N. Dominic/GEE
Pix: L-R: Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor and Kechi Okwuchi, survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash during a ‘Thank You’ visit to SPDC.
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