Aaron’s last post: Can’t wait to reach M’lore

Every year in May, Aaron Joel Fernandes’ aunt and grandmother used to eagerly await his return to Mangalore after spending summer vacations with his parents in Dubai. But last year, the 16-year-old was among the 158 people who perished when the Air-India flight from Dubai crashed on landing at Man-galore airport. The family is yet to come to terms with his death.
Bangalore Mirror met Aaron’s father, Fredrick Fernandes, who has come from Dubai to his family home in Jeppu. He said, “Aaron was bored at Dubai airport. The flight had been delayed by almost an hour. He was whiling away his time surfing the internet. The last thing he did at the airport in Dubai was update his Facebook status to ‘Getting bored in the airport. Can’t wait to reach Mangalore’.”
Fredrick works for an automobile company and his wife Nirmala for an insurance company in Dubai. Aaron stayed with his aunt, Juliet, and grandma, Alice Fernandes, in Mangalore. He was a commerce student at the St Aloysius College in Mangalore. His younger brother, seven-year-old Aiden, lives with their parents in Dubai.
The family has planned a special mass on May 22 at 11.30 am at St Rita Church in Mangalore.
19/05/11 Deepthi Shridhar/Bangalore Mirror

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