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Family wants to meet good Samaritans who saved mother and daughter in fiery crash

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DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Onika Ramsay and Chanel Carty are thankful their younger sister and niece are alive after a deadly, fiery wreck in Dania Beach.

It was a week ago, Aug. 16, when Tenisha Sebastian, 29, and her 6-year-old daughter Hailey Ralph were being driven by a friend to a family member’s house when the awful accident happened.

“It’s still like a dream to all of us,” Ramsay told Local 10 News on Monday.

Surveillance video shows the driver of a blue Jaguar SUV, identified as Stanley Smith, slam into a concrete pole on Griffin Road near Anglers Avenue. Twenty seconds later, the car went up in flames, trapping Smith along with Sebastian and her daughter.

“She was able to strap her daughter out,” Carty said. “She said she was able to strap her out, but the problem was she couldn’t get the car unlocked, so she kept banging on the window.”

Tenisha would bang on those windows for nearly a minute and a half. A man arrived with a stepladder and tried to break open a window. He was unsuccessful, but another good Samaritan in a black shirt grabbed the ladder and bashed the window open, pulling out Sebastian and her daughter.

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A nearby worker with a fire extinguisher tried to put out the flames.

Both mom and daughter sustained burns and broken bones in the accident and have had surgeries since they were brought to Broward Health Medical Center a week ago.

“My sister is still recovering. She has a long way to go, long way,” Ramsay said. “My niece, she’s recovering a little bit more faster.”

Smith did not survive the crash. He was trapped inside, and when crews got to him, it was too late. It is still unclear what caused the driver to lose control.

The sisters desperately want to thank the good Samaritans who are credited with saving their loved ones’ lives.

“We are really thankful for the good Samaritans and we [would] love to meet them,” Ramsay said.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office also wants to talk to those good Samaritans and possibly give them a life-saving award.

If you would like to help Tenisha Sebastian and her daughter Hailey, a GoFundMe page has been set up.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]