The island nation of Saint Lucia’s public emergency responders faced a surge of urgent calls across the 2025 Labour Day long weekend, logging an extraordinary 100 responses from 9 a.m. on Friday, May 1 through 9 a.m. on Monday, May 4, according to official service updates. Among the incidents, three stood out as life-threatening serious emergencies: two separate violent chopping assaults and a cliff-side motor vehicle crash that put a young child at risk.