Casket Mix-up

Two women died on November 29, 2013 in St. Maarten. One women was Canadian and another was an American women. After the American women was sent back to the United States, the family realizes that it wasn't the right body. The correct body was sent to a Canadian family to be cremated.

I particularly feel furious about the actions of the government in St. Maarten. First, they refuse the family's request to see the body and second they demand $7,000 to be wired to them to send the body back to the United States.

The situation about these caskets getting mixed up doesn't affect me but it effects the two mourning families very strongly.

After reading of death in multiple books in our English class, you learn more and more just how tragic death is. In our English class, we read the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In this book, you read about death that happens everywhere in the Holocaust that Wiesel lives through. After reading books like this, you start to realize our tragic death can be.

The central idea of the passage is to inform people about a situation involving two caskets getting mixed up and the families are outraged about the problem. The article continues to describe the events that happened and problems the American family faced. Winsor states that "the [Canadian women's body] was dressed in Porkka's clothing and was accompanied by her passport and death certificate." This exemplifies one problem they encountered.

Sources:

Krzeszak, Mike. "Crematory Casket." Photograph. Flicker. Yahoo, 18 Aug. 2010. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/portland_mike/4948122363/>.

Winsor, Morgan. "Family Recieves Wrong Body After Mother's Death on Caribbean Vacation." CNN. 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/12/us/new-jersey-wrong-body-returned/index.html?hpt=hp_t2>.