The fiancee of Wall Street executive Rohina Bhandari, who was killed in a shark attack near an island about 300 miles from Costa Rica, has blamed the diving company.
Bhandari was a senior private-equity director for WL Ross & Co., founded by current U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.
“Apparently they didn’t have any protection—the divers or the instructors had nothing to ward off any of these fish, sharks,’’ Rosenthal was quoted as saying. “I don’t understand that aspect of it, that there was no protection for her or for the other guests for that matter.”
The doctor added, “I just feel that the safety precautions they took were not as good as they should have had.”
Rosenthal said he could find some solace that Bhandari, 49, died doing something she enjoyed.
“She loved seeing the fish,” he said, adding that she’s gone on dives before. “The wildlife fascinated her.”
He said that she was a person who touched the lives of many.
In one instance at President Donald Trump’s inauguration party, she introduced Rosenthal to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan after she met his wife in the ladies room.
“She was someone who befriended everyone,” he told the paper. “There was a universe of stars, and she was the brightest,” Rosenthal said, adding that she was a “10-star person.”
Rosenthal said that numerous people have reached out to him since her death.
A spokesperson for WL Ross & Co. said that she had worked with the firm until she quit in October.
Others remembered her in social media posts.
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