Sherman, TX – Friends and family of 17 Vietnamese pilgrims from Houston who died in a bus crash near Sherman in August returned to the crash site Sunday to erect a cross and celebrate Mass.
The group also presented a plaque to the mayor to honor the North Texas city's assistance.
Arriving on two buses and in several sport utility vehicles, about 50 people gathered near the spot where the tour bus carrying the victims came to rest early Aug. 8. A vase for each of the 17 victims was set up, forming a semicircle around the 6-foot tall white wooden cross.
Family members approached the cross to offer incense at a burner and rose in memory of loved ones. Pictures of the victims adorned the base of the cross that could be seen from U.S. 75, the Sherman Herald-Democrat reported.
The trip into Sherman was emotional for many, bringing back the memories of the crash.
The bus carrying the 55 pilgrims on a trip from Houston to Carthage, Mo., broke through a guardrail over Post Oak Creek and came to rest down an embankment.