‘Worst pain I’ve ever felt’: Man whose family was killed in Lapu Lapu tragedy opens up
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Alejandro Samper's mother, Glitza, his father, Daniel, and his sister, Glitza, were killed after a vehicle rammed a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on April 26.
It has been six months since Alejandro Samper’s life changed forever.
“There’s days that I’m completely broken, like day one, and then there’s other days that my friends and my support system are there, and I feel motivated and strong to not give up and just continue forward,” he told Global News.
“A lot of the times, I’ll always just think of my family, what they would say to me, what they would want from me, and that usually helps me when I’m feeling really low. But every day it’s a new day. Could be bad, could be good.”
Samper’s mother, Glitza, his father, Daniel, and his sister, Glitza, were killed after a vehicle rammed a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on April 26.
Samper, 34, wasn’t at the festival with them, as he was about to start work when he received a call about an accident.
“I didn’t know the severity of the accident, but I rushed to the site, and all the streets were blocked off,” he said.
“I wasn’t able to go in and look for them. The police just told me that everyone has been rushed to the Vancouver General Hospital, and then I went there, and my sister was the only one there. Nobody knew where my mother and father were at the time.”
Samper’s sister was severely injured with a brain bleed and internal injuries. She passed away in the hospital.
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