Another Guyanese reported missing in US terrorist attacks - Ishmael
Bishundat's body identified; Asregado alive and well
Stabroek News
September 25, 2001



Another Guyanese has been reported missing, one reported missing is alive and the number confirmed in the terrorist attacks on the United States dead moved to two, Guyana's Ambassador to the US, Dr Odeen Ishmael, said yesterday.

Missing is Marcus Neblett of Hollis, Queens, New York. Dr Ishmael said that his father, Colin Neblett reported him missing to the New York Consulate only yesterday. Neblett worked in one of the twin towers which housed the World Trade Centre. Yesterday, too, Dr Ishmael said, Vernon Asregado, who had been listed as missing, called the New York Consulate to say that he was alive, but was elsewhere at the time of the terrorist attack.

Meanwhile, the body of Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, a Navy Information Systems technician at the Pentagon has been positively identified. His funeral is expected to be later in the week. His body and that of Pamela Boyce, 43, an assistant vice-president for accounting of Carr Futures are the only two identified so far. Boyce worked on the 92nd floor of one of the twin towers.

The other listed as missing in the New York attack are:

Shivonne Mentis who resided in Hollis, Queens and worked with Marsh Enterprises on the 93rd floor in the north tower;

Astrid Sohan, who worked with Marsh and McLennan in one of the towers;

Ronald Singh, who worked at Windows on the World, on the 107th floor in north tower;

Kamini Singh, who worked at Windows on the World, on the 107th floor in north tower;

Shiv Shankar, of Richmond Hill;

Anett Dataram, of South Ozone Park, New York;

Nizam Hafiz, former Guyana middle order batsman who worked on the 94th floor in the north tower;

Patrick Adams, a former Guyana Defence Force senior non-commissioned officer on worked for Fuji Bank as a security officer on the 80th floor;

John Charles, security officer at the WTC;

Babita Guman, who worked for Fiduciary Trust on the 97th floor in the southern tower;

Sita Shewnarine, who worked for Fiduciary Trust on the 97th floor in the southern tower;

Joyce Stanton and Patricia Stanton;

Vanavah Thompson who worked for ABM and was assigned to Marsh USA and was last seen on the 73rd floor;

Ameena Rasool, who worked with the Marsh and Maskan Insurance Company on the 98th floor of one of the two twin towers;

Ricknauth Jaggernauth who had been employed at NTX Interiors on the 104th floor of one of the towers. He resided at 164 Pennsylvania Ave, Brooklyn;

Hardai Prabhu who worked with Marsh and Maskan on the 98th floor of one of the towers;

Sarah Khan, who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the north tower, and resided in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York;

Rudy Bacchus, a 48-year-old stockbroker, who was attending an early morning Risk Water Conference at the Windows on World restaurant on the 107th floor in the north tower. He resided in Metuchen, New Jersey; and

Amarnauth Lutchman, who lived in Long Island and worked at the World Trade Center complex.