Never give up: MH370 families mark a year without answers

Families of passengers and crew on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are marking the anniversary of the plane’s disappearance with a vow to never give up on the desperate search for wreckage and answers to the world’s biggest aviation mystery. Voice 370, which includes kin of the 239 people aboard, is hosting a “Day of Remembrance” on Sunday. Grace Subathirai Nathan, whose mother was on the plane, said Sunday’s events were important “to highlight to the public that we still don’t have any answers and that we must pursue the search.” The relatives continue to petition governments, pore over details of technical analyses, raise doubts and demand answers. They feel helpless most of the time, praying during day and sobbing at night.

We cannot move on, we cannot let go because we don’t know what happened. It’s impossible for us to write off someone we love so much.

Grace Subathirai Nathan, whose mother, Anne Daisy, was on the flight

On Facebook and Twitter, the family members have banded together in a support group under the name “Cry for Truth.” Social media networks have made it easier for them to support each other, share information and make collective decisions when responding to authorities or the media. In a statement issued Thursday, the group criticized the Malaysian government for saying there was no hope of survivors weeks after the disappearance, and for officially saying in January that everyone aboard was presumed dead.

We do not accept this proclamation and will not give up hope until we have definitive proof of a crash and a determination of location — even if it is just one piece of the wreckage.

Statement from family members

World MH370