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| Chan Serey, who lost four family members in the Diamond Bridge stampede, talks with reporters at a donation distribution at Bayon TV last week. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey) |
Phnom Penh Monday, 06 December 2010
“Every day, I dream my wife and son have come to visit me. My tears always fall when I'm reminded of my family.”
Chan Serey was supposed to meet his wife, Chhim Srey Touch, and his three children on Diamond Island for the last night of the Water Festival. But in the crowded holiday traffic, he only made it as far as the Sorya shopping center near Central Market. It was impossible to reach the island with so many revelers packed along the roads.
The traffic saved his life, but the same overcrowding that stopped him from reaching his family also took them away from him. The 37-year-old soldier lost all four of his family that night: his wife and his daughters Yos Som Srey Neang and Yos Som Channara, and his 6-year-old son, Yos Som Lina.
All of them had been trapped on Diamond Bridge, where thousands of people panicked and stampeded on the night of Nov. 22, leaving now 352 dead and nearly 90 still in the hospital. The government has said it was an unforeseeable accident with no one to blame. For the families of the dead, it remains an unforgettable tragedy.
“I'll never forget what happened at Diamond Island,” he said Monday. “Every day, I dream my wife and son have come to visit me. My tears always fall when I'm reminded of my family.”
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The traffic saved his life, but the same overcrowding that stopped him from reaching his family also took them away from him. The 37-year-old soldier lost all four of his family that night: his wife and his daughters Yos Som Srey Neang and Yos Som Channara, and his 6-year-old son, Yos Som Lina.
All of them had been trapped on Diamond Bridge, where thousands of people panicked and stampeded on the night of Nov. 22, leaving now 352 dead and nearly 90 still in the hospital. The government has said it was an unforeseeable accident with no one to blame. For the families of the dead, it remains an unforgettable tragedy.
“I'll never forget what happened at Diamond Island,” he said Monday. “Every day, I dream my wife and son have come to visit me. My tears always fall when I'm reminded of my family.”
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