It's dead quiet in the living room of the family Weah in Deventer. The brothers Randall (34) and Otis (32) sit on the couch and gazing motionless ahead. Their faces radiating dismay and disbelief. It's Friday, 6:00.
Just before they are contacted by an employee of the Belgian police. It's the phone call where she three days feared. Bad news: their sister Elita Weah (41) has been identified as one of the fatal victims of the bomb attack at Zaventem Airport.
The brothers feel the ground sink under their feet, in one fell swoop wiped out the hope of a good outcome. ,, This is a nightmare. We lost our sister, '' Randall says with despair in his voice.
A moment later, he cherishes another crumb of hope. ,, We have to Brussels to identify her.Until I've seen that she's dead, I stay somewhere keep a little hope with my own eyes. "
Why?!
The rain monotonous ticking against the windows of the small apartment on the third floor.On BBC television shows images of Johan Cruyff. Then follows an item about the attacks in Brussels . If the three terrorists come into view, the murderers of his sister, Randall jumps up. He curses. Then resigned saying: ,, You grow up, go to school and then you blow yourself up. I do not terrorists. Why do they do this? Why they cause so much misery? "
Slowly the house fills up with family and friends. Almost everyone has his roots in Liberia. A mere 20 years ago, she came to the Netherlands, fled the terror of the civil war in their country. Elita also thought in Europe to find a safe home. It does not have to be.
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