The mother of Sergeant Ernest Addo-Mensah, one of the victims of the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash, has given a chilling account of how her son left his newly married wife just a week after their marriage, but did not return home.

According to the grieving mother, her son got married on his 37th birthday, but had to spend just a week with his wife, Mercy, and left their matrimonial home because of the nature of his work.

The mother's account, which is contained in a video on social media platform X, details how her son's wife wept uncontrollably on the day her husband had to leave her alone just a week after their marriage.

She stated that she became concerned about the way her daughter-in-law wept bitterly as the husband was taking leave of her, but Mercy, who is a teacher, said, "I just don't know, but I am too sad." "I asked Mercy, Why are you crying?