‘Came here with hope’ and ‘died unseen’: tearful crowd says goodbye to homeless man Bikram Lama
by Ariel Bogle and Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#75F26)
People gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney's Hyde Park to pay tribute to the 32-year-old who died nearby and laid undiscovered for up to a week
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No one should be left to die in the middle of Sydney, alone and unseen.
That was the powerful message delivered by homelessness support worker Erin Longbottom to a crowd gathered in Hyde Park to honour Bikram Lama.
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