An Indonesian woman who lost her boyfriend in Lion Air plane crash near Jakarta went ahead with their planned wedding alone, to fulfill his last wish.
Hospital staffer Intan Syari, and late boyfriend Rio Nanda Pratama, a medical doctor, had hired an event organizer named “Adiela” and decided on Nov 11 as their wedding day.
Rio, 26, was among the 189 people on board Lion Air Flight JT610 that crashed 13 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Oct 29. The plane was bound for Pangkal Pinang. He was returning home after attending a conference in Jakarta. It was Indonesia’s worst aviation disaster since a Garuda Indonesia plane crashed in Medan in 1997, killing all 234 people on board.
Intan wrote on her Instagram account @intansyariii that before leaving for Jakarta to attend the conference, Rio jokingly told her: “If I don’t return by Nov 11, go ahead wear your wedding dress that I chose for you, wear a beautiful make-up, ask for a fresh white rose from Sheila (wedding organizer), and take good photos. Then send the photos to me.”
Photos of Intan at the Nov 11 wedding, wearing a white wedding dress and a white hijab and holding white roses went viral on social media in Indonesia.
She also said in another posting with the picture of her and a sister of Rio: “Although you are not beside me, your sister was with me to fulfill your most beautiful last wish. I know you are happy up there…” “He was a nice person and always wanted to help patients… He always reminded me… that in the world, nothing is eternal,” Intan said.
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