Family Remembers Bridge Tragedy

At Oddfellows Cemetery there were moments of sorrow and moments of happiness for the family of the four bridge angels. The family brought gifts of food, drink and toys during a small memorial ceremony Sunday morning in Bayou La Batre.

“The toy because before they not die, they like the toy,” says the children’s mother Kieu Phan through tears. Family members dot the tombstones with flowers and other physical mementos. Later, in an Asian custom, the family burns paper clothes, play-money and anything the children might need in the afterlife.

“No matter they still the blood but that's what god taught us how to forgive, they're waiting for their dad, “says the children’s uncle Kam Phengsisomboun. Mobile County District attorney John Tyson Jr. also joined in today's remembrance.

“It is unbelievable that they've had to go through all this but I know they're going to be fine,” says Tyson. Despite the horrific case, he says the tragedy has brought the community together.

“Mothers all over have understood what's happened to this mother and that has opened lines of communication and opened doors,” says Tyson.