'I've lost everything': Inconsolably grieving mother who lost both kids in roof collapse tragedy
PTC News Desk: The courtyard of a modest house in Rajasthan's Jhalawar that echoed the cheerful laughter of two siblings is now creaking loudest silence today after both the children died in a tragic school building collapse on Friday.
Weeping inconsolably, the mother of the duo -- a boy and a girl -- wished God had taken her instead and spared her children.
"I've lost everything... I had only two children, a boy and a girl, and both are gone. My home is empty... There's no one left to play in the courtyard. I wish God had taken me instead and spared my children," she said.
As the tragedy has struck many families and plunged them into mourning, perhaps her story stands out as one of the most heart-wrenching tale of a mother who lost both her children.
Heartbreaking scenes unfolded outside the SRG Hospital on Saturday as the bodies of the seven children were handed over to the families. Some of them clung tightly to the wrapped bodies of their children, refusing to let go, while others sat in stunned silence, struggling to come to terms with the sudden and shattering loss.
Another inconsolable mother flagged concerns over teachers' absence in the school at the time of the incident. "The teachers went outside, leaving the children behind. What were they doing outside?" she charged.
The youngest of those who died was only six years old.
Those killed were identified as Payal (12), Harish (8), Priyanka (12), Kundan (12), Kartik, as well as a brother and sister -- Meena (12) and her brother Kanha (6).
- PTC NEWS
