American billionaire among seven
killed in helicopter crash
By Azad Ali
A West Virginia, USA,
billionaire, Chris Cline,
60, was among seven
Americans killed in a
helicopter crash about
two miles off Grand Cay
in the Abacos, Bahamas
on July 4, 2019.
The Royal Bahamas
Police Force reported
that the helicopter took
off from Big Grand Cay
around 2.am for Ft
Lauderdale, Florida.
The aircraft was
reported missing to the
Royal Bahamas Police
Force about half an
hour later, when it did
not arrive at its intended
destination.
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Police officers and
residents of Grand
Cayman discovered the
aircraft overturned in 16
feet of water, off Grand
Cay.
Cline and his daughter
Kameron were aboard the
aircraft when it crashed.
The bodies of the four
women and three men
were recovered and taken
to the capital, Nassau to
be officially identified.
Aviation authorities in
the Bahamas are working
to determine the cause of
the crash.
Cline was a major
Republican donor to
President Donald Trump
and other Republicans.
Gloria Ballantyne,
a stateswoman
extraordinaire
By Nelson A. King
As tributes overflow in
memory of St. Vincent and
the Grenadines’ sporting
icon, Gloria Ballantyne,
who died on Sat., June
29, at 81, Caribbean
Life revisits a profile
two years ago written
about the stateswoman
extraordinaire by her last
daughter Joanne, who
predeceased her on March
11.
Gloria Ballantyne’s
husband, Fred Ballantyne,
85, the founder, retired
president and consultant
of Brooklyn’s Caribbean
Soccer Cup, said his
wife was afflicted with
Alzheimer’s disease. He
also said their daughter
died from Stage 4 cancer
at 55.
The Ballantyne’s eldest
daughter, Jacintha, told
Caribbean Life on Tuesday
that Joanne had written the
profile about their mother
when Mrs. Ballantyne was
inducted into the Brooklynbased
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines Diaspora
Committee of New York,
Inc.’s Hall of Fame.
Joanne wrote that, when
her mother was born,
on Jan. 12, 1938, only a
handful of girls played
netball in St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, and
that the game was only
played in the capital city,
Kingstown,.
Today, Joanne said then,
“netball is by far the most
popular female sport in
the country, and is played
island-wide and has a
tremendous following.”
“Netball’s passage
from what many saw as
a frivolous pastime to the
nation’s most popular
female sport has coincided
with the life and times of
Gloria Ballantyne,” Joanne
said. “Her contribution
to the development of
netball in St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, the
Windward Islands, the
wider Caribbean and
the Americas, has been
outstanding.”
She said her mother
had filled many roles in
“the sport of her choice,”
stating that she was a
player, coach, umpire and
administrator.
“There are few here
at home in St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, the
Windward Islands and
the wider Caribbean who
can boast of a more solid
performance record of
success in the sport of
choice,” Joanne said.
The wreckage of a Augusta SPA helicopter is
recovered off the coast of Grand Cay, in the
Abacos, Bahamas.
Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Depart. via Associated Press
Gloria Ballantyne, SVG
netball icon.
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