TRANSLATED FROM THE PARIS MATCH: The day Donald Trump saved my daughter
“Without him, she had no chance of getting away,” says Yves Cohen, owner of a shop in Terre-de-Haut in the islands of Saintes in Guadeloupe.
“It was a winter afternoon in 1989, the high season with us in Terre-de-Haut, in the islands of Saintes in Guadeloupe. I was in my exotic clothing shop selling items to customers. Suddenly I hear cries. I rush and I see Donald Trump , tempered, holding my daughter Sina, 16, who is struggling just as wet. “Is that you father?” He yelled. He is furious, but I do not understand why, nor the reason why my daughter seems panicky. “You’re crazy to leave her alone!” He launches. Trump eructs literally against me. I do not understand all that he tells me, but I understand that he treats me with all the names. It is all red and seems to be in shock, as if a drama had just happened. What I do not know yet is that he just saved my daughter.
Sina suffers from autism, in one of its most severe forms. She must always be accompanied. But the caregiver who was with her that day had to go away to go to the bathroom. Sina loves the water but can not swim. I live by the bay. Without anyone holding her back, she approached and began to walk into the sea, but very quickly she slipped, because at this place, the underwater bottom is steep. When he heard his cries, Donald Trump intervened. He plunged into the fully dressed water to get her out.
I knew he was passing through. His yacht, the Trump Princess, was moored right in front. It was the attraction of the moment. A few minutes before the drama, I spotted him having a drink with friends at the Café de la Marine, right next door. He did not bring it back particularly, simply, it was impossible to miss it, because of its high stature and its inimitable look. He seemed to have a good time.
I never heard of him until the recent US presidential election. I am not particularly interested in politics, but when I hear the harsh criticisms addressed to him, I can not help but think back. For me, Donald Trump remains the one who saved my daughter. Without him, she had no chance of getting out. There were a lot of people on the terrace of the Café de la Marine where he was seated. He is the only one who has reacted. And for that, I thank him.”
