Aunt remembers ‘vibrant’ child killed in jet ski tragedy

The aunt of sev­en-year-old An­gel­i­ca Jo­gie has re­mem­bered her as a joy­ful and lov­ing child fol­low­ing her death in a jet ski in­ci­dent at Pi­geon Point Beach, To­ba­go.

In a Face­book post shared af­ter the in­ci­dent yes­ter­day, An­gel­i­ca’s aunt, Lin­da, de­scribed the child, af­fec­tion­ate­ly called “Saydee”, as a bright pres­ence who brought hap­pi­ness to those around her.

“Our hearts are heavy as we re­mem­ber our pre­cious Saydee, who was tak­en from us far too soon at just sev­en years old,” she wrote.

She de­scribed An­gel­i­ca as “a vi­brant soul” whose “in­fec­tious smile” and love for life left a last­ing im­pres­sion on fam­i­ly mem­bers.

“With her in­fec­tious smile and a spir­it as bright as the sun on the beach she loved so much, she re­mind­ed us all to find won­der in the small things,” the post read.

Lin­da said that al­though the child’s life was short, her im­pact would nev­er fade.

“Though her time with us was brief, the depth of her love and the sweet­ness of her per­son­al­i­ty left an in­deli­ble mark on our fam­i­ly that can nev­er be erased.”

She added that the fam­i­ly would con­tin­ue to hold on to mem­o­ries of the young girl.

“We will for­ev­er car­ry her mem­o­ry in our hearts, pic­tur­ing her for­ev­er young, for­ev­er hap­py, and for­ev­er our beau­ti­ful an­gel.”

Lin­da al­so ex­pressed grat­i­tude for the time they shared with the child.

“She was a gift to this world, and while we are dev­as­tat­ed by her loss, we are pro­found­ly grate­ful for the sev­en years of pure light she shared with us.”

Re­call­ing her per­son­al bond, she added, “She al­ways brought joy to me when­ev­er I felt down.”