Victim's parents in dark on tragedy<\/p>\n
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
\"We're just normal people. We can only put our fate into the
\nhands of God,\" said Hartono, 53, father of Didi Haryanto, 28, who
\nwas seriously burned in the Aug. 5 Marriott bombing.<\/p>\n
Didi is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of
\nPertamina Central Hospital in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Hartono and his eldest son, Dadang, 31, have been at the
\nhospital since last Wednesday night. However, as of Monday they
\nstill did not know what had happened to Didi, except that he was
\nthe victim of a bombing.<\/p>\n
\"Nobody told us,\" Hartono told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
A source told the Post that Didi works at an office near the
\nMarriott. He was returning to work after lunch when the bomb went
\noff.<\/p>\n
Didi's family has been unable to speak with him because he is
\nstill in the ICU.<\/p>\n
Hartono said he has only been able to look at his son through
\na window, and that doctors reassure him that Didi is in stable
\ncondition.<\/p>\n
\"They told me he will soon be moved from the ICU,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Hartono and Dadang work on someone else's rice field in a
\nsmall village in Kediri, East Java. Didi is the only member of
\nhis family to leave the village. After having odd jobs in a
\nnumber of cities, the young man landed in Jakarta in 1997.<\/p>\n
\"All we knew was that his last job before moving to his new
\noffice was related to the automotive business,\" Hartono said.<\/p>\n
Didi's mother, Dwi Handayani, 47, had to return to Kediri on
\nSunday because the family needed her small income from her job as
\na vendor in a traditional market.<\/p>\n
They are grateful the government will cover all of Didi's
\nmedical expenses.<\/p>\n
\"Actually, we are glad Didi's mother returned home, because
\nshe breaks down every time she sees him,\" Hartono said.<\/p>\n
Dwi became hysterical and collapsed when she saw her burned
\nson on the TV.<\/p>\n
\"We first recognized Didi on the TV,\" said Hartono.<\/p>\n
\"It was awful,\" Dadang said, adding that TV stations should
\nconsider the families of the victims before broadcasting such
\npictures.<\/p>\n
The family traveled 700 kilometers by train to Jakarta the day
\nafter the bombing.<\/p>\n
\"It took us about 14 hours to reach Jakarta,\" Dadang said,
\nadding that Didi's supervisor helped them pay for the train
\ntickets.<\/p>\n
Since Wednesday, the family has occupied a small staircase
\nlanding on the fifth floor of the hospital, where the ICU is
\nlocated.<\/p>\n
They just wait for someone to give them any news on Didi.<\/p>\n
\"I feel hopeless. My poor boy,\" Hartono said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/victims-parents-in-dark-on-tragedy-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }