They are still in shock

Udupi: Although it is a year since the Mangalore air crash, members of four families in and around Udupi, who lost a relative each in the crash, are still struggling to come to terms with the tragedy and loss of their loved ones.
As many as 158 people lost their lives when the Air India Express plane crashed near Bajpe on May 22, 2010.
Prabhakar Devadiga of Kemthur village, who lost his brother Jayaprakash Devadiga (28) in the crash, said: “We are still in a shock. We cannot forget the pain of losing him. He was coming for his first holiday after working for three years in Dubai. All the eight persons in that row of the plane survived, but not Jayaprakash.”
Shailesh Rao (41) was on his way to attend the funeral of his mother Neeradha Bai (65), who died on May 21, 2010 here, when he was killed in the crash. Shaliesh was working as a clerk-cum-translator at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City at Abu Dhabi.
Shailesh's 75-year-old father B. Yathindranath said that he was suffering from slip disc, heart problem and hypertension.
Nabisa Begum of Kodavoor, who lost her son Naveed Ibrahim (23) in the crash, was overcome with grief. Naveed's father B.H. Abubakar works in the fisheries industry at Malpe. Naveed was second among the four sons.
Shreyas S. Kumar of class 12 at Vidyodaya Pre-University College here lost his father Sanjay Kumar, who was working as Executive Manager at United Colour Films in Dubai, in the crash.
He said though the pain of losing his father was still there, he had come to terms with it.
Sanjay's elder sister Amita Jayaprakash, who could not control her tears, said: “It is impossible to forget my brother. My 82-year-old mother Savitri Mahabal embraces Shreyas and weeps whenever she remembers Sanjay...”
21/05/11 Ganesh V. Prabhu/The Hindu

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