The family members of the passengers on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 screamed, cried and fainted when they were told by airline officials today there was no hope their loved ones would be found alive.
The announcement that officials believe the jetliner plunged into a remote part of the Indian Ocean triggered an explosion of grief and anger. Cries of anguish could be heard coming from a room where relatives had congregated. Women screamed and men cursed and the live news conference from Malaysia was cut off. About 50 police officers arrived and at least one scuffle broke out.
A woman emerged to tell the media, "Tell the world it is not true, it's wrong," she pleaded. Other slapped at the cameras and microphones of the media.
"My children didn’t die, they must have been hidden somewhere," a woman wailed. "How can I trust this government?"
Within minutes of the presser beginning, an ambulance pulled up at the hotel and three stretchers were taken inside. The security and family members are screaming at the press to get out of the way. One woman was hunched over on a stretcher wailing as a medic rubbed her back and asked her to try to calm down.
A Chinese woman told ABC News that she and her husband got emails in English that they could not expect any survivors.
At the Hotel Bangi Putrajaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the doomed flight originated, a one family emerged from a meeting with officials walking hand in hand and crying. Another group could be heard crying loudly from inside the hotel room.
Others were clearly distraught. One crying woman hit the wall and yelled something which could not be understood.Read more about from http://gma.yahoo.com/malaysia-airlines-families-faint-cry-scream-over-news-144120912--abc-news-topstories.html
