'It is sometimes easy to generalise the 2,600 long term missing persons in
Australia and lose the essence of the individual. The people captured in
the statistic are not just ‘missing persons’, they are fathers and
daughters, students, chefs and academics'.
It is National Missing Person Week (excellent link) nationwide this week. Bringing attention to the many people who go missing every year. The Yagan Square Digital Tower above, has been put to excellent use highlighting the profiles of eight long term missing persons from around the nation picked by the NMPCC. I can't imagine and hope I never have to find out how devastating it must be to have a family member or friend go missing. The not knowing would be unbearable. Hopefully initiatives like this may strike a memory that could bring some closure to relatives.Take care and stay safe..
...I remember years ago when missing children's pictures were printed on the side of milk cartons. Time change, but somethings don't change.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! We don’t have such a week to my knowledge.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to draw the public's attention to this growing problem.
ReplyDeleteMy late Granma, who raised my Brother and and me (out of 14 kids) suffered Alzheimer´s desease and went missing near Hamburg, over 300km away from us, a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteMy parents passed before this could happen to them/us. Especially in winter it is very devastating news to learn about someone gone missing. On the other hand ... who wants to be locked up.
"Back then" a family took care. These days... not so much.
Let us hope that some of these people may yet be found. I agree, I Hope that I never have to experience having a missing relative. As you say, it is the not knowing that makes it all much worse. Wonderful idea to draw attention to these people from time to time even if it is sometimes years later. Memory loss could be possible and someone just may recognise them. Take care Diane
ReplyDeleteGood post & title!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful way to add some hope to all these missing people's families and friends.
ReplyDeleteNever having an answer would be a torture in and of itself.
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent thing to do! Hopefully, someone will recognize one of those photos and tip off the authorities. I wish they would do something like that here.
ReplyDeleteA friend's uncle was recently missing for over a week. He was elderly and was found deceased hundreds of km from home. It was horrific.
ReplyDeleteoh that's sad isn't it? I always feel for missing people, their loved ones must be out of their minds with worry.
ReplyDeleteDevastating. I just saw this dramatized in unique way a movie called "Searching." I agree with William that it would be a torture. (I love that there's a man in the foreground of your shot looking like he's gazing at the tower. Perfect.)
ReplyDeleteI hope it helps. People go missing all the time in my country as well. We have an organisation called Missing People that finds quite a few people every year.
ReplyDeleteThat must be terrible not to know where a person is. It is a great way to pay attention to this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJust a couple of days ago I was reading an article about missing persons in Australia and it's staggering the number of people who disappear, although apparently about 90% are found. But for the families of those who aren't found it's a lifelong struggle to come to terms with it. Great idea to use the Yagan Square billboard Grace.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine what the families of missing persons go through.
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