{"id":14764,"date":"2023-12-26T17:43:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14764"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:43:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:43:30","slug":"guyana-mourns-fallen-soldiers-in-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-mourns-fallen-soldiers-in-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Mourns Fallen Soldiers in Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana bid farewell to four more soldiers who lost their lives in a recent helicopter crash, following a previous ceremony for the late Michael Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first of the four ceremonies was held for Colonel Michael Shahoud at the Brickdam Cathedral, where President Dr. Irfaan Ali paid tribute to the fallen hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonel Michael Shahoud is remembered as a national hero, a formidable soldier, a strong leader, and a devoted father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali expressed the nation&#8217;s ongoing mourning for the loss of five outstanding servicemen, highlighting Shahoud&#8217;s dedication, honour, resourcefulness, and loyalty to his country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The late Colonel leaves behind his mother, wife, and son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali assured that Shahoud&#8217;s son would grow up knowing that his father was nothing short of a superhero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pledged to ensure that Shahoud is remembered and celebrated as a superhero, expressing gratitude and love for the fallen soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasizing Shahoud&#8217;s qualities of loyalty, humility, and commitment to nationhood, President Ali described him as a tower of strength and a reinforcing shoulder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that although Shahoud is no longer in body, his legacy will live on in the hearts of Guyanese and in the annals of the nation&#8217;s history as a fallen hero who defended the motherland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonel Michael Shahoud, with a Bachelor of Laws degree, served in commanding positions of the Special Forces Squadron, Infantry Battalion, and Coast Guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony marked the first of four homegoing services for the remaining fallen servicemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reporting for NCN News, Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana bid farewell to four more soldiers who lost their lives in a recent helicopter crash, following a previous ceremony for the late Michael Charles. The first of the four&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,367,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-one-guyana","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14766,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764\/revisions\/14766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}