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FATHER’S DAY, SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2014
MH370 HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 100 DAYS. WHO COULD FORGET?
HOW COULD FAMILIES AND FRIENDS NOT GRIEVE?
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PHOTO via Reuters: Relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passengers mark 100th day since the plane disappeared pic.twitter.com/A089uMbynv
ABS-CBN News Channel —
“For Father’s Day, I had my children build an aeroplane from paper mache with their wishes written on it.”
YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
MH370: Families still hoping, seeking for truth
The Malay Mail Online –
PETALING JAYA, June 16 — Red and blue balloons with wishes of hope were released by family members of those aboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 yesterday to commemorate the 100th day since the plane went missing on March 8.
The 100th Day Event, organised by Voice370, which is the official association for families of passengers and crew on the plane, gathered at the hall in Damansara Damai to remember their loved ones.
Some family members folded paper cranes to represent the passengers and crew while others brought their own crafted pieces, including pictures and place cards of their loved ones with wishes of a safe return.
Norazlinda Ayub, the wife of crew member Junaidi Mohd Kassim, said though she still had strong hopes to see her husband, she also hoped there would be some closure on the fate of the aircraft and those on board.
The mother of Hareez Danni Junaidi, 11, and Hani Daleeya Junaidi, eight, said she was able to keep her children occupied with outings and activities as they moved on with their daily routine.
“This is one of the activities we do to show we are still united and have not given up in search for answers,” she said.
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Nurzarina Mohamed Hasnan, 36, who is the sister of cabin crew Mohd Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan, said the gathering was held to commemorate Father’s Day.
She said her brother, commonly known as “Rain”, was close to his four-year-old daughter, Iman Mohd Hazrin, who had yet to grasp the absence of her father.
“She doesn’t cry for him and she acknowledges her father when she sees photos of him but you can never know what is going on in her mind,” she said.
Nurzarina said it was a sad sight to watch a toddler not being able to express emotions over the ordeal.
“We are all still looking for closure and we refuse to believe the flight ended in the South Indian Ocean, as we have yet to see or hear of any debris being sighted.”
Hazrin’s wife, Intan Maizura Othman who delivered a baby boy last month, said she still had hopes her husband would return.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/mh370-families-still-hoping-seeking-truth-224900575.html
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PHOTO via Reuters: Crew member’s daughter writes a message during the 100 Days of Remembrance MH370 event in Malaysia pic.twitter.com/AWredefU9O
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Video: 100 days and counting, Malaysia vows to continue the search for the missing
#MH370. http://youtu.be/j0VAneJm1Ow pic.twitter.com/9V5XyCzdU5……
5-year-old Iman hasn’t seen her dad in 100days.Her baby brother may never know him.This is why we can’t forget
#MH370 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video/mh370-painful-father-s/1162098.html …—
Channel NewsAsia
MH370: Families mark 100th-day since plane disappeared
Relatives of passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cry as they gather at the Lama Temple in Beijing. Chinese relatives marked 100 days since the plane went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing by offering prayers and burning incense at the temple. (AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER)BEIJING: Families of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are no closer to knowing what happened to their dear ones 100 days since the plane disappeared.
There is still no trace of the plane which disappeared on March 8 shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing, carrying 239 passengers and crew.
More than half of the passengers on board were Chinese nationals.
It’s traditional Chinese custom to mourn for the dead up to 100 days, so the 100th-day mark does hold significance even in this modern day and age in Beijing.
If it had been a normal accident, Sunday (June 15) would be the last day of mourning, and families and relatives would then be allowed to move on with their lives.
Of course, this is no ordinary case.
Many of the family members have decided to mark the 100th-day by pouring their grief into their Weibo and WeChat accounts.
A hashtag was created – ‘Malaysia Airlines Lost Contact 100 Days’ – on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
Posted on social media sites were emotional messages such as: “I have tried to lead a normal life but I can’t”, “I don’t see smiles on my parents’ faces anymore”, as well as photos of loved ones.
Zhang Qian, 28-year-old Beijing resident and wife of MH370 passenger Wang Houbin, said: “I used to be a cheerful and optimistic person. Now, I don’t speak to my relatives.
“I will only go out when I have to meet the MH370 relatives. I don’t go out anymore, because outside I see the shadow of my husband and myself. I am afraid to go out. I don’t speak anymore.”
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mh370-families-mark-100th/1162060.html
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PHOTO via Reuters: Relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passengers mark 100th day since the plane disappeared
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Star
Sunday June 15, 2014 MYT 7:41:23 PM
MH370: Families remember missing loved ones on Fathers’ Day
Intan Maizura Othman, 34, wife of MH370 fligh attendant Mohamad Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan. – EPA
SUNGAI BULOH: It has been 100 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing, and the occasion was made more even poignant as about 10 family members of passengers and crew aboard the Boeing-777 gathered on Fathers’ Day in memory of the patriarchs on board and the families they left behind.
The families – strangers but united in grief and solidarity – penned heart-felt messages to their loved ones on pieces of coloured paper, folded them into paper planes and arranged them to form the words ‘MH370’ during the event.
Among the group was 34-year-old Intan Maizura Othman, who came with her four-year-old daughter Iman and 28-day-old son Muhammad, to remember her husband Mohamad Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan.
“It’s a tiring task that I have to do alone now. Taking care of my two kids, waking up alone and just coping with all this. It has been challenging.
“I’m okay, but now that it has come to 100 days, it’s getting more painful and tiring. I’ve grown restless of just waiting,” Intan Maizura told The Star at the Kolej Perkembangan Awal Kanak-kanak on Sunday.
She said that Mohamad Hazrin, one of the cabin crew on the flight, was her partner in everything at home – from caring for the family to household chores.
“It’s excruciating missing him,” she added.
For Nicolette Gomes, the worst part of not having her father, MH370 in-flight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomes around, was to see how much her three-year-old son, Raphael, misses his grandfather.
“The most painful thing is my son not having his grandpa to play with him. Last time it was badminton and football, but now its nothing.
“My son still talks about him at night, sometimes he’ll say ‘Grandpa’s coming back tonight! 10 o’clock!’ And then I just get chills and goosebumps. I do hope that comes true though,” said Gomes, 27.
The event was organised by Voice370, a next-of-kin association of around 205 families of the MH370 passengers, which aims to ‘seek the truth’ behind the incident.
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