Bangkok: Family waiting to receive "Bannawat Sae Tao", one of the 5 Thai workers. His wife sheds tears of joy, not thinking that he will be safe and during the waiting period, not knowing what to tell her children after being held hostage for 15 months. He said that after this, he will not be allowed to return to work in Israel.
Mr. Sombun Sae Tao, father of Mr. Bannawat Sae Tao, one of the five Thai workers released by Hamas on January 30, traveled from Nan Province with his wife and daughter-in-law to Suvarnabhumi Airport to wait for his son. Today, they were all dressed in Hmong ethnic costumes.
According to Thai News Agency, Mr. Sombun said that it was the best day of his life and he was very happy to see his son again after waiting for 15 months. Every day he had hope that he would see his son. After his son was released, he talked to him for about 30 minutes. His son said that he felt like he was born again.
Ms. Wichaya Da Saeyang, Mr. Bannawat's wife, said that she was so happy she couldn't speak because she had been waiting for her husband for 15 months with hope and anticipation, no matter what anyone said. She admitted that after her husband was taken away, life had been difficult because she and her husband had 3 children and had to be both father and mother. But they fought through it. Today, if she sees her husband, she will tell him not to worry and not to worry about anything. After this, she will not let her husband go back to work in Israel anymore. It is best to work in Thailand.
On the day my husband was released, I had a video call with him and we both cried. My husband said that he didn't think I would still be waiting and thought he already had a new family. But I told him that I had been waiting all along and didn't think I would have a new family.