B.C. woman loses husband, more than 20 relatives in Turkey earthquake
The news for Forest got much worse when she was then informed that 24 more family members, including her husband, Midrap, had died. All were at an engagement party in an apartment building that collapsed in Adiyaman.
“It’s not losing just my husband, it’s half of the family over there. There are more than 20 people within our family that we’ve lost because they were all in one apartment building,” Forest said.Forest and her children moved back to B.C. five years ago and fortunately were not in turkey at the time. The family is now trying to process the overwhelming grief.
“I’ve told my children to do what they need to do ,” she said. “My daughter is off school for a while. Nobody can focus on anything. My son’s taking a break from work.”
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