My beloved son, father and brother were murdered – and my youngest boy had to tell me
12-Sep-2023 04:00:24 | The Guardian
Suzanne Richards lost most of her family when a terrorist killed 38 people in a Tunisian resort. Eight years on, she remembers that terrible day, and the sense of purpose she found in the aftermath
It was late June in 2015 when tourism lecturer Suzanne Richards arrived home after teaching a class. The house was quiet because the previous evening she had waved her teenage sons, Owen and Joel, off on holiday to Tunisia with her brother Adrian and her father, Pat. “I wasn’t allowed to go – it was a ‘jolly boys’ outing’ to celebrate the end of Owen’s GCSEs.”
That morning, she received a text from Adrian saying they were all sunbathing around the pool. The men had visited the four-star hotel twice before, so they were looking forward to relaxing there, having a few beers and talking about football.
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