‘Wait for me in heaven, my child’: Students form the biggest casualties in West Java earthquake

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As the earthquake occurred during school hours, children made up a significant portion of those killed and injured, West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said.

CIANJUR, Indonesia: Rahman could not contain his emotion as medical workers carried his eight year-old daughter, Ina, out of the morgue and into an awaiting ambulance.

More than 300 people were injured in the disaster, which also damaged at least 3,000 homes and buildings. The 30-year-old housewife said by the time she got to her sons’ school, she saw many pupils covered in blood and dust. Everyone, teachers and parents included, were sobbing uncontrollably from the shock and horror of the disaster.

Taking Ridho with her, Suharyati rushed to the hospital to find her injured son. The three have not been home since the quake.Children made up a significant portion of the patients treated at Cianjur’s Sayang Public Hospital, the biggest hospital in the West Java regency. Some, like Ridwan, had broken bones while others had injuries on various parts of their bodies.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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