A man was supposed to board a plane to London today.
Yesterday he drowned in a swimming pool.
That is the whole story. And it is enough to break you.
Pato Palmer had done everything right. Worked at Java in Nanyuki. Applied for the Royal Navy. Visa came through. Ticket booked. He even told his friends, “My star has finally shone.”
One last workout before the flight. That was all it was meant to be.
Now his wife and child have to live with a tomorrow that never arrived.
What do you even tell a child whose father was hours away from starting a new life?
How do you explain that the same water he trained in took him the day before his dream took off?
Who decides the timing?
Life does not care how ready you are.
It does not wait for the boarding pass.
Rest well, Pato. Your family deserved that flight. 💔
This is truly heartbreaking.
Imagine this: today he was supposed to fly to London to join the Royal Navy. His flight was scheduled for today.
He had been working at Java in Nanyuki until he applied for this opportunity in the UK—and he got it. He was so happy. Everything had fallen into place: the visa came through, the flight was booked, and he had even told his friends he was going abroad. “My star has finally shone,” he said.
Then yesterday, while doing his last workout at the swimming pool, something went wrong and he drowned. He was pulled out moments later and rushed to hospital, but by the time he arrived he was pronounced dead.
Pato Palmer leaves behind a wife and a child.
What is life, really? A man had prepared to start an entirely new chapter. He was full of joy, every plan was in place—visa ready, flight ready—and today he would have been on his way to the UK to begin a new life.
But just yesterday, everything changed.
Life is truly fragile. May his family find strength in this devastating loss. Rest in peace, Pato Palmer.
I’m going to look back at the year 2025 and be reminded that it was a catalyst for me to enter the best years of my life. What a pivotal and lovely time I’m having.
“No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown allies will come and seek you”
Carl Jung