Thousands of miles apart, family and friends united in mourning for those killed when missile downed flight MH17 in east UkraineThe crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has cast a web of grief around the globe, as communities from the Netherlands to Australia struggle to come to terms with the losses in their midsts.Many of the victims’ stories, such as that of the Van den Hende family, speak of the globalised nature of family in the 21st century. The Melbourne-based family of five, travelling on Dutch and Malaysian passports, had been returning from a holiday visit to Hans van den …read more
Source: The Guardian
