An elderly man walked on foot to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station holding his wife's ashes: "I must bring her home."

Two months ago, 60-year-old Huang Jiancai and his wife came to Shanghai from Changzhou, Jiangsu, for chemotherapy. On May 6th, his wife passed away after failed attempts to save her. Huang Jiancai decided that he would bring her back home for burial, no matter what. In the locked-down city of Shanghai, without any means of transportation, he walked 7 kilometers to Hongqiao Railway Station, with the box containing his wife’s ashes.

DATE
2022/05/10
Shanghai - Changzhou
SUBEVENT
Mourning