Saturday, November 27, 2010

Victims of Cambodian tragedy remembered


Donations will be accepted for those who died at Water Festival

11/26/2010
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram

LONG BEACH -- Members of the Cambodian American Business Association and other civic organizations will be holding a memorial Saturday at MacArthur Park, 1321 E. Anaheim St. from noon to 4 p.m. for the victims in this week's tragedy at the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

A candlelight vigil will follow from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Members of the groups will be collecting donations for families of the 347 victims who died when crowds panicked and stampeded at a riverside celebration.

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