Pinay killed in Haiti quake finally home

After a one-day delay, the remains of a Filipino woman killed in last month’s magnitude-7 quake in Haiti finally arrived home early Saturday. Radio dzBB’s Manny Vargas reported that the family of Mary Grace Fabian waited for the remains to arrive on a Philippine Airlines PR-103 flight from Los Angeles. “We love you Grace Fabian," read the placards they brought with them while they waited at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Dolores Fabian, Mary Grace’s mother, said they plan to bury her in Las Piñas City this Monday. In the meantime, they said they would bring the remains to Rizal Funeral Homes in Pasay City. For its part, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said it is checking its records to see if Fabian is an OWWA member and entitled to benefits and livelihood assistance. “I have to check our records if she is a member....," OWWA head Carmelita Dimzon said. The repatriation of Fabian’s remains were delayed for a day due to some glitches.
For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV Fabian’s body was pulled out of the collapsed Caribbean Supermarket at 11 a.m. of February 7 in Haiti, or midnight of Feb. 7 in Manila. Lowel Lalican, the husband of Geraldine Lalican, another OFW still trapped under the rubble of the supermarket, identified the remains. Fabian, an employee of the Caribbean Supermarket, was identified through her uniform, hair and necklace. Fabian’s Haiti-based sister Rosalyn had initially instructed that the remains be interred at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince. But the DFA said Fabian’s family in the Philippines requested that her remains be repatriated. — LBG, GMANews.TV