Canadian health care worker drowns on Facebook livestream

A well being care employee drowned in a pool throughout a Fb livestream final week — to the horror of her household and associates in Kenya.

Hellen Nyabuto, 24, died Thursday whereas swimming in a motel pool in Chatsworth, Ontario, in accordance with the Toronto Star.

Nyabuto smiles in an undated picture.
Nyabuto moved to Canada from Kenya in 2018 and labored at a long-term care residence.
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Nyabuto was livestreaming the deadly incident and was seen smiling, swimming and speaking to on-line viewers from the shallow finish of the pool, in accordance with the newspaper.

After shifting to the deep finish, she seemed to be struggling and could possibly be heard calling for assist after shifting outdoors of the stream’s body.

The feed then went quiet for hours till different motel-goers had been seen stepping into the pool and discovering Nyabuto’s lifeless physique, the article mentioned. The livestream has since been faraway from Fb.

Nyabuto is seen smiling as she walks down the sidewalk in an undated picture.
Nyabuto had been sending cash to her household again in Africa, a pal mentioned.
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Nyabuto moved to Canada in 2018 and was working at a long-term care residence within the northwestern Toronto suburbs, in accordance with the outlet.

“Hellen was the breadwinner again dwelling for her household. She’s been supporting them and it’s left an enormous hole,” Alfonce Nyamwaya, Nyabuto’s shut pal, reportedly mentioned.

“She labored with seniors proper till the top,” she added. “She actually had a ardour for that.”

Nyabuto had not returned to her homeland since shifting overseas, and family members had been attempting to boost sufficient cash to convey her physique again dwelling whereas planning to return to Toronto, Nyamwaya reportedly mentioned.

“We'd like prayers. We'd like monetary help.”

The pal and former faculty classmate additionally instructed the paper Nyamwaya’s household needed to dispel rumors spreading in Kenya that her demise was the results of foul play.

“Let the household mourn in peace. Let Hellen relaxation. It was an accident.”

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