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THERE IS DARKNESS IN ME NOW

IT WAS like something from a movie: a tanker carrying 60 000 litres of liquid petroleum gets stuck under a bridge, leaking gas and spewing flames as a growing crowd gathers to watch.

And then there’s an almighty bang as the vehicle explodes, incinerating everything in its vicinity, damaging buildings, melting the skin off people and leaving death and horror in its wake.

For scores of people, Christmas Eve will forever be ruined, a reminder of the tragedy that robbed them of their loved ones.

Geraldo Geduld (50) suffered a double loss that terrible day: his wife, Elize (42), and son, Janeal (19), both died. Making things that much harder was the fact that a video of his boy begging for help at

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