'I screamed to save Gadu, but I couldn't': Mother still cries in tears, grandfather dies of shock, wife leaves hostel gardener, plane crash victims in pain

A 15-year-old boy arrives at a tea kettle under one of his trees to feed his mother with a tiffin. Mother opens the tiffin and sits down to eat. While she is eating, her beloved is sleeping on a cot under a tree, at which point suddenly a part of the plane that has been formed into a fireball falls into the sky and is reduced to ashes. The fire is still burning the family. Still in my mother's eyes. Punch... Tears are flowing. Sadly, there is no sky today and it will never come back. The calendar has turned 365 pages but the pain has not yet been forgotten. ALSO READ: 'My son who saw his severed head falls still in shock': Roti piles and papads In the same situation, the biggest tragedy of the plane crash that happened a year ago. You may remember that on June 12, 2025, when a plane crashed in Ahmedabad, a woman was running to help, followed by flames. This Akash was the son of this woman. Akash will never wake up again, the mother who had lovingly woken him up was forced to face the fire that day and her son fell into a sleep of death. On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of this tragedy today, Divya Bhaskar spoke to Akash's mother Sitaben Patni and Ajay Parmar. Ajay Parmar got married just a month before the accident. But due to severe burns, he left his wife and lost his job. For those who lost loved ones in the plane crash, it seems as if the time has come to a halt at that moment. Life may seem ordinary from the outside, but the emptiness, incomplete stories and screams of memories are still acute. Tears flowing from his eyes still ask the same question, "If that day hadn't come, maybe our world would be different today..." The son was engulfed in flames in front of his mother's eyes Time seems to have stopped on the same day for Sitaben, who runs a tea kettle in front of Atulyam Hostel in Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad, where the plane crashed. That day, his son Akash slept on a cot lying nearby. Little did anyone know that in a few minutes, Akash's life would end forever. Suddenly, as soon as the plane crashed, the entire area was engulfed in flames due to the fire and the son Akash was engulfed in flames in front of his mother's eyes. Also read: Bhaskar reporter from plane crash site captures changing scenes for 12 months; Once upon a time, there was a thunderstorm of death, now the mother's heart was restless to save her son Seeing the fire that broke out after the plane crash, Sitaben was running with the same thought: My son is still sleeping there. The mother's heart was desperate to save her son. They rushed towards the fire but the vehicles in the middle and the terrifying flames blocked the way. The sky was on fire right in front of his eyes. Sitaben was also seriously burnt while trying to save her beloved. In an instant, his world was shattered. Sitaben still can't sleep at night A year has passed, the scars are still on the body and the wounds of the mind may never be erased. Sitaben can't sleep at night even today. Even after a year of severe burns, sleeping pills have to be resorted to to sleeping at night. Tears start flowing from my eyes when I think of my son. Memories of Akash are still alive in the house. The vacant seat of the son, the eyes of the waiting mother and the silence of the broken father all stand as witnesses to that horrific tragedy to this day. 'No one else could save my son' In a conversation with Divya Bhaskar, Akash's mother Sitaben said, "I was at my tea when the incident took place, and in the afternoon, my son came with a tiffin and slept. When the plane fell, there was a terrifying noise and a fire broke out. So when I went to wake up my son, there was a fire in front of me. So I tried very hard to go to save her but couldn't go. Also, after coming in the middle of the car, people gathered and did not let me go. We used to call him Gadu in lads. So I kept screaming that my doll was sleeping there. Someone save my boy but I and no one else could save him. 'Even in the hospital, she was shouting, 'Where is my son?' "I didn't let myself know that my son is no longer in this world," Sitaben said. I was taken to the hospital as I was badly burnt. Even in the hospital, they were shouting 'Where is my son?' Where is my son? At that time, everyone used to say that he would bring his son in another car. I was burnt all over my body, but I was worried about my son. She insisted on making a video call or taking a photo to show it to my son. He was consoling me by saying that he would not be able to see me as he was in the ICU. I was begging everyone to see my sky. Grandfather died as soon as he was shocked by the death of his grandson As soon as he came to know that Akash was no longer in the world, his grandfather was shocked and died. "When I was brought home from the Civil Hospital, I was told that you have to cry for not one but two people. I still don't know what happened to my son. We don't want such incidents to happen to any enemy's house. 'The tea kettle has also been closed, who will we earn and feed now?' "I am very sad to lose my son. I miss him a lot. It's been a year, no matter what work they do, they don't go off the road. It's very scary when you go down the road. The tea kettle has also been closed. Who will we earn to feed now. The eater in our house is gone. Since Akash was the youngest, we used to pamper him a lot.' Ajay Parmar's world was robbed, his wife left Ajay Parmar, another victim of the plane crash crash, is in a state of shock. Ajay, who tied the knot with new dreams of life just a month before the plane crash, is scared to see his face in the mirror today. But the deepest wounds are on his mind. The spouse who had promised to support her for seven births left her in the same difficult situation. 'Lost his job, tried to commit suicide' Jobs were also lost and all doors of employment were closed. There came a time when Ajay lost all hope of living and tried to end his life by hanging himself. Even today he is breathing, but there are no dreams in his eyes, no smile on his face and no hope in life. The wounds of the plane crash are visible on his body, but no one can see the pain of the man who is breaking down inside him every day. 'My body was on fire' Ajay Parmar told Divya Bhaskar, "I used to work as a gardener in BJ Medical College and my mother used to work as a cleaner in Atulyam-1. I was on my way to dinner when the plane crashed and there was a terrible fire. After that, my Activa also caught fire. By the time I tried to flee the Activa, my body was on fire. My face was also burnt due to the fire. 'Even in the heat, if I go out, my whole skin burns' "I got married months before the plane crash. No one is ready to keep a job. Also, if I go out in the heat, the whole skin burns. Air India has given me Rs 25 lakh as compensation. Tired of life, he was about to hang himself. But I was rescued by the police. I'm hoping to get my surgery done. Also Read The heart-wrenching stories of those who died in this tragedy came to the fore. One of them was a couple who were going to London after completing the wedding ceremony, while someone got engaged a month ago and breathed his last with fiancée. At least 270 people were killed in a plane crash On June 12, a flight from Ahmedabad airport to London crashed during take-off. The fatal crash killed 270 people, including 241 of the 242 people on board. Fortunately, one person on board the plane was rescued. The plane crash shook the whole world. Not only did the people on board the plane lose their lives in the plane crash, but some doctors at the medical college in Ahmedabad also lost their lives, as the plane crashed into the hostel of the medical college.