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It was a long overdue vacation for 68-year-old Yasmine Calehr and she was looking forward to spending two-weeks with her three grandsons in Bali, Indonesia.
She lived in Houston, the boys in Amsterdam, making for complicated travel arrangements.
Yasmine left Houston, Texas a day ahead of the boys. The plan was to meet them on the popular Indonesian island on July 18.
But on her last leg of her journey, things quickly took a turn for the worse when she was told that the plane the boys were on, had been shot down.
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According to a report, 11-year-old Miguel Panduwinata was supposed to board the ill-fated Malaysian airline MH17 so that they could then go to Bali to visit their grandmother.
However a day before the flight, Miguel looked disturbed. He asked his mother Calehr: “How would you choose to die? What would happen to my body if it was buried?” the night before the trip, Miguel didn’t let go of his mother.
The next day just when Miguel was supposed to board the flight, with his brother, he turned to his mother and said: “Maa am going to miss you. What if the plane crashes?”
Calehr lost both her sons on MH 17 and says ‘I should’ve listened to him.’Calehr’s other son Mika was unable to board the flight the same day as his siblings and that he would travel to Bali the next day.
MH17 was shot down by supposed rebels in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 passengers on board.
Agencies/Canadajournal
