SINGAPORE: When English football club Tottenham Hotspur won the Europa League title in May after a 17-year trophy drought, die-hard fan Karishma Jhala could only think about how happy her sister would have been to witness it.
“When ... that final whistle blew, I cried,” said the 28-year-old. “I said … this one was for you.”
Her sister Sonia was among seven students from Singapore's Tanjong Katong Primary School who were killed a decade ago on the slopes of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu during an earthquake. She was 12 years old.
The tragedy on June 5, 2015 also claimed the lives of two teachers and an adventure guide accompanying the group. Eighteen people in total perished on Malaysia’s highest peak that day.
In life, Sonia was bubbly, loving and always helping others unconditionally.
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