Relatives to be taken to site
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RELATIVES of Shanghai passengers on the Eastern Star could be at the scene of the tragedy as soon as today.
Several said they had received calls from their missing family members’ neighborhood committees saying the government was organizing travel to Jianli and detailed arrangements would be given today.
One woman, whose husband’s parents were on the ship, said: “I know there is no chance for them to survive, but we still want to take them back. They were born in Shanghai, and we could not leave them alone there.”
The woman asked not to be named as her daughter did not yet know that her grandparents were on the ship. She is due to sit her high school entrance exam later this month.
A temporary reception center for relatives has been set up in the city’s Zhabei District where they can register their details and keep up with developments.
More than 100 relatives of passengers from Shanghai have also set up a WeChat group to offer each other help.
Pan Gang, whose 68-year-old aunt and her husband are among the missing, said he and other relatives were gradually losing hope as time passed.
“We have prepared for the worst, but we still want to be as near to them as possible,” he said. “The only thing we can do in Jianli is still waiting probably, but we can get closer to them.”
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