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The lone sur­vivor of the 2022 Paria div­ing tragedy, Christo­pher Boodram, has ex­pressed grat­i­tude not on­ly for the ex-gra­tia pay­ment made by the Gov­ern­ment yes­ter­day, but al­so for the sup­port ex­tend­ed to his fam­i­ly and the fam­i­lies of the oth­er divers through­out the or­deal.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia, Boodram said he was in­formed yes­ter­day morn­ing to col­lect the cheque.

When asked how he in­tend­ed to use the mon­ey, the com­mer­cial div­er laughed and de­clined to com­ment.