Sev­en­teen years af­ter last see­ing her cousin, Jen­nifer Mor­ris-Lit­tre­an was ea­ger­ly await­ing their re­union in To­ba­go this week­end. But in­stead of wel­com­ing him in­to her home, she is now mourn­ing his sud­den death.

Her cousin, 71-year-old Neil Mor­ris, who was born in Grena­da, grew up in Trinidad and lat­er spent much of his young life in the Unit­ed King­dom, drowned on Sat­ur­day at Buc­coo Reef Ma­rine Park—just hours be­fore see­ing his fam­i­ly again.

He had re­turned on a short va­ca­tion in Trinidad, where he cel­e­brat­ed his birth­day days ear­li­er. He trav­elled with friends and promised he would not re­turn to Grena­da with­out vis­it­ing her.