Briton Viswashkumar Ramesh was the only person to walk away from the crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in June, with his younger brother among the victims. His representatives say Air India's compensation payment doesn't "touch the sides" of his needs.
His younger brother, Ajaykumar, seated in a different row on the plane, could not escape.
Months on, Mr Ramesh wanted to share the impact of that day in an attempt to try to regain control of his life - and to pressure Air India into addressing the catastrophic effect of the crash on him and his family.
But it is clearly traumatic to talk about.
"It's very painful talking about the plane," he says softly.
Asked by Ridge if he can speak about what happened on board, he falls silent.
Just after the crash, from his hospital bed, Mr Ramesh told cable news channel DD India "there were bodies all around me" when he stood up after the crash. A further 19 people had been killed on the ground.
In hospital, he was still pleading for help in finding his brother.
"How is your life now?" Ridge asks.
He says the crash has left him feeling "very broke down", adding it's much the same for the rest of his family.
He does not leave the house, he says, instead sitting alone in his bedroom, doing "nothing".
"I just think about my brother," he adds. "For me, he was everything."
He says he still cannot believe Ajaykumar is dead - but that's as much as he can bring himself to say about him.
Ridge acknowledges the contrast between Mr Ramesh's own survival - "a miracle" - and the "nightmare" of losing his brother.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/sole-sur...-tells-sky-news-the-trauma-broke-him-13460691
His younger brother, Ajaykumar, seated in a different row on the plane, could not escape.
Months on, Mr Ramesh wanted to share the impact of that day in an attempt to try to regain control of his life - and to pressure Air India into addressing the catastrophic effect of the crash on him and his family.
But it is clearly traumatic to talk about.
"It's very painful talking about the plane," he says softly.
Asked by Ridge if he can speak about what happened on board, he falls silent.
Just after the crash, from his hospital bed, Mr Ramesh told cable news channel DD India "there were bodies all around me" when he stood up after the crash. A further 19 people had been killed on the ground.
In hospital, he was still pleading for help in finding his brother.
"How is your life now?" Ridge asks.
He says the crash has left him feeling "very broke down", adding it's much the same for the rest of his family.
He does not leave the house, he says, instead sitting alone in his bedroom, doing "nothing".
"I just think about my brother," he adds. "For me, he was everything."
He says he still cannot believe Ajaykumar is dead - but that's as much as he can bring himself to say about him.
Ridge acknowledges the contrast between Mr Ramesh's own survival - "a miracle" - and the "nightmare" of losing his brother.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/sole-sur...-tells-sky-news-the-trauma-broke-him-13460691
