The sinking of MV Barima on July 18, 2026, off the coast of Guyana, forever changed the lives of thousands of Guyanese families and reverberated from Port Kaituma, Morrawhanna and Region One beyond Guyanas borders across the Atlantic Ocean. It shook the Guyanese diaspora in North America, United Kingdom and all across the Caribbean. This is a chronicle of Guyanas worst marine disaster in the words of the victims, the survivors and the many family left to grieve.