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LOCAL Tuesday 21 augusT 2018

An Angel in disguise

ORANJESTAD — Meet Mr. Sean Whel-
an a retired New York police Officer,
but also a little girl’s guardian an-
gel. While vacationing on our island
Whelan became a hero to a 7 year
old Puerto Rican girl who suffered
a severe accident a few days ago.

Whelan gave it utmost by providing
first aid and CPR at the scene. His only
goal was to save that little girls life.
Seeing that medical help was limited
on the island the only solution was
to take the girl either to Colombia or
Puerto Rico. The parents begged for
their little girl to be send to their home
country but medical expenses espe-
cially the Air Ambulance was very high.

Without hesitation Whelan helped
charter an extremely expensive Air
Ambulance to fly her to the closest
American Level 1 trauma Center, lo-
cated in Puerto Rico. He never left this
little girls side, from the moment of the
accident until he handed her over
into the hands of the very compe-
tent medical staff in Puerto Rico. The
people of Aruba were very moved by
his action and are forever grateful to
Whelan for such a wonderful act of
kindness. q