If your child dies abroad, what then? Are you leaving immediately for the scene of the disaster? Or not? Annemie Van Goethem (66) avoided confrontation for a long time after her son Nicolas (29) drowned in a bay during a trip with friends. “For me, South Africa was the country that took my son from me.” Nevertheless, she took the step in January. “Going there really did me good.”
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After the death of her son in South Africa, Annemie undertook the journey herself: “There was something healing about standing in that place”
