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The person that actually started it was Charina De Villa a friend from school. We had a party the day of the hostage taking and she and a couple of friends didnt show up at our mini highschool reunion because they were so depressed about what happened.

I messaged her on facebook and she said why she didnt show up because she was bothered by the whole thing. She  was disturbed with all the hate photos going around facebook. We are grieving too so we asked Carlos Celdran if he was up to it and the rest is history.

With white flowers and candles, we braved the traffic and rains to pay our respects to the victims of the hostage taking at Quirino Grandstand . Too bad that it was just a photo. Everyone took turns sharing how they felt and everyone was crying at one point. It was so moving..

We want others to know that our nation is grieving too..

Anton Sheker blogs at Blogalicious.

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