Overwhelming grief for train derailment victims’ families on Saturday, the seventh day after their deaths
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/28
By George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
Chu Yu-Hsuan (朱育萱) exchanges rings with her boyfriend during the engagement ceremony in front of her father’s memorial hall (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The anguish was overpowering for some of the grieving families of the 18 people who died as a result of the Oct. 21 train derailment in Yilan, on Saturday, the seventh day after their deaths.
A seventh day memorial ceremony is customarily held after a person’s death, for religious reasons in Taiwanese culture.
The oldest daughter of Chu Yung-chao (朱永照), a tour guide who lost his life in the Oct. 21 train accident, chose Saturday as the date of her engagement ceremony with her fiancé, a report of Chinese-language China Times said on Sunday.
Chu Yu-Hsuan (朱育萱) exchanged rings with her partner in front of her father’s memorial hall in hopes of bringing her deceased father peace of mind, according to the report.
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