Sad report on Delaware family
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 4:41 pm
The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands said a Tatnall School administrator and two sons remain in serious to critical condition from pesticide poisoning acquired during a vacation in St. John in March.
Steve Esmond, 49, who is head of Tatnall's Middle School, is suffering from severe paralysis "and for all intents and purposes must be strapped in to even sit," Gov. Kenneth Mapp told reporters during a news conference, according to the Virgin Islands Daily News.
James J. Maron, a Wilmington lawyer and friend of the Esmond family who has been acting as their spokesman, did not respond to requests from The News Journal this week to discuss the conditions or comments by Mapp.
The Esmonds were poisoned March 18 at their $800-a-night rental villa at the Sirenusa resort overlooking Cruz Bay when a Terminix work sprayed methyl bromide in the condo below theirs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said. The family fell ill two days later.
Mapp said Sean Esmond, who was in the 11th grade, is paralyzed from the neck down. He is conscious and alert but has no control of the movement of his limbs or body, Mapp said.
Ryan Esmond, who was in the ninth grade, remains "in and out of a coma," Mapp said, with no sensation in his limbs and no ability to control or move his body.
"For all intents and purposes, the doctors do not expect any significant recovery from their present condition," Mapp said.
Steve Esmond, 49, who is head of Tatnall's Middle School, is suffering from severe paralysis "and for all intents and purposes must be strapped in to even sit," Gov. Kenneth Mapp told reporters during a news conference, according to the Virgin Islands Daily News.
James J. Maron, a Wilmington lawyer and friend of the Esmond family who has been acting as their spokesman, did not respond to requests from The News Journal this week to discuss the conditions or comments by Mapp.
The Esmonds were poisoned March 18 at their $800-a-night rental villa at the Sirenusa resort overlooking Cruz Bay when a Terminix work sprayed methyl bromide in the condo below theirs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said. The family fell ill two days later.
Mapp said Sean Esmond, who was in the 11th grade, is paralyzed from the neck down. He is conscious and alert but has no control of the movement of his limbs or body, Mapp said.
Ryan Esmond, who was in the ninth grade, remains "in and out of a coma," Mapp said, with no sensation in his limbs and no ability to control or move his body.
"For all intents and purposes, the doctors do not expect any significant recovery from their present condition," Mapp said.
