‘My heart is broken’: Families mourn lost Indonesian crew

The KRI Nanggala-402 was confirmed sunk off the island of Bali on Sunday, devastating the families of the 53 sailors on board.

Surabaya, Indonesia – Up until Sunday afternoon, Winny Widayanti was still trying to contact her husband, 45-year-old Colonel Harry Setiawan – one of the 53 crewmen on board the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402. She took pictures of her husband’s friends who came to their house and sent them to him, and continued to send updates about their children, even though the messages were never returned. “My heart is broken. It’s completely destroyed. The most difficult part is explaining it to my youngest child. I can’t hold back my tears,” she told Al Jazeera.