HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong woman who survived a siege on a Manila bus recounts how her husband charged the lone gunman, only to be killed. Another teenage survivor says she cowered for her life during the ordeal.
The two were among 15 tourists still aboard the bus as Philippine commandos undertook what police now acknowledge was a botched rescue.
"I can't bear this reality," said the middle-aged woman, identified as Ms Leung, half-choking on her grief as she spoke to Hong Kong's cable television. "I wanted to embrace my husband and die with him. But then I thought of my children."
Ms Leung also lost her two daughters in the gunfire -- Jessie, 14, filmed peeking through the bus curtains, and Doris, 21, who had been studying in Canada.
The sole remaining member of her family, her teenage son Jason, was in intensive care after undergoing brain surgery.
There were seven families in the 21-member tour group, including a tour guide, local media reported. They had been on a four-day package