A Nov. 11 article incorrectly said that one of the people killed in the Nov. 9 bombing of a wedding party at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman, Jordan, was the brother of the bride. The brother, who was not named in the article, survived.
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'The Best Day Became the Worst'
Nadia Alami and Ashraf Daas are feted by relatives at their wedding reception in Amman's Radisson SAS Hotel, minutes before the bomb attack.
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Meanwhile, at Jordan Hospital a few blocks away, wedding guests and family members still occupied most of the second and third floors.
"It is like the whole Radisson came here because everyone was hurt," said one nurse, who declined to give her name.
Ibrahim Daas, 29, a cousin of the groom, sat in a dimly lighted room with his older sister, Amira Abul-Rahman, 50, who had bruised and bloodied legs and a gauze wrap around her head. Her two daughters, Rima, 30, and Riham, 15, were killed in the blast. Both were buried Thursday afternoon.
"I lost them," Abul-Rahman wailed, her hands raised to the sky. "I lost them."
Later, at the cemetery, the bodies of the dead began to arrive by ambulance. Relatives carried them into a mosque at the entrance and washed them in accordance with Muslim tradition, signifying that they will face God clean of sin.
More relatives began arriving by taxi, car and minibus, some still clothed in the suits they wore to the wedding the night before. The procession toward the graves began just after 3 p.m., with groups of about 12 raising each body to shoulder level. One man passed out under the strain.
After each body was buried, the mourners held their arms outstretched, their hands -- still caked in dirt from the burial -- shaped as if cupping a book. They recited the first verse of the Koran, which thanks God and asks Him to show them the true path.
"It's a pity for people to die like this," said a man who appeared to be in his sixties, as he turned to walk away.
Special correspondent Naseer Mehdawi contributed to this report.
