Last Sunday was an evening filled with surprises and Christmas come early for eight-year-old Zion Scipio, lover of trucks, when he was granted his Christmas wish of meeting Junior Sammy and being driven in one of his trucks. This surprise event, which was hosted by Junior Sammy himself, at one of his truck yards in the Claxton Bay area, was more than what Scipio had ever hoped for.
At the event Scipio was gifted with three toy trucks, a Mack and Dump Truck and Excavator, along with a cheque of $8,000 towards his school fees (this exact sum will also be gifted ever year). A Machel Montano backpack, lunch bag and book written by Machel was presented by Liz Montano, Machel's mother, and several Polo jerseys of different colours, all representing the different colours of the trucks in Jusamco's fleet, were also given to Scipio. To top it of he was given a Jusamco's overall (his size) and offered a job at Jusamco's Group, on completion of his studies. Scipio also got to ride in several of the trucks strategically parked on the compound.
According to reports it all started a couple of weeks ago when the media highlighted the story of Scipio's profound love for trucks which led to him placing a special Christmas wish to his mother Sancha Samara. He wished that one day he would get to meet Junior Sammy himself, ride in a "big truck" and tour Sammy's Claxton Bay Truck Yard, especially after seeing Sammy's trucks in Machel Montano's Ministry of Road music video. Touched by Scipio's humbled request, Sammy took matters into his own hands and began planning a surprise that many would say only comes once in a lifetime.
"His first word was car," explained his mother, "and since then his fascination about things on wheels grew into trucks. I told him we were going to Chuck E Cheese's so he had no idea what was in store and upon arrival at Jusamco's yard, and seeing the many cameras and trucks, my once talkative son became silent...he was in total shock," she explained.
Scipio even learnt the spelling Sammy's name by heart with help from his grandfather and googled Sammy's picture every now and then with excitement. When asked what's next for her son, Samara explained that she is planning on getting him heavily involved in engineering.
This event was well attended by the Sammy family along with some of Jusamco's workers and their families.