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Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
Survivors, families and political leaders gathered to honor the 11 people killed and support ongoing healing in the Filipino community.
- Vancouver residents marked the anniversary of the Lapu-Lapu Day attack, which claimed 11 lives, with a memorial mass on Friday and a community dinner on Sunday at Fraser View Hall.
- Rev. Salvador Reyes visited the memorial at Mountainview Cemetery on Friday, reflecting on the April 26 car-ramming in East Vancouver, noting that remembering involves both pain and love.
- Survivor AJ Sico displayed resilience at the event despite severe injuries, with cousin Dominique Villamin praising his stubbornness: "If you knew him before, you always knew he was stubborn, he's always stubborn. He wanted something, he's gonna do it, right? That's the way AJ was."
- British Columbia Premier David Eby, MLA Mable Elmore, and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim attended Friday's mass to show support, with Eby calling the loss "horrific and disturbing" while pledging solidarity.
- The Lapu-Lapu Society has organized a Day of Togetherness for April 19, continuing a mission singer Warren Dean Flandez, a two-time Juno nominee, described: "It is our duty as human beings, as Vancouverites, to help those the most affected, those still struggling, those who need help.
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Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation
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Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation — a fitting tribute, his family says, to his stubbornness and resilience. Sico, fellow survivors and relatives of victims of the attack gathered with the Filipino community on Sunday to commemorate the impending anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 11 lives. There was a mix of grief, …
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