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Air India crash families' year-long battle to identify remains of victims
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- He had landed in the Indian city hours earlier with his brother, carrying dental records for Ashok and Shobhana Patel.
- "We had to fly Air India to get there, because there were no other flights," he said.
- But he was grateful that his parents had taught him Gujarati, the local language in Ahmedabad.
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Azadeh Moshiri,South Asia Correspondent, Ahmedabadand Charlotte Scarr,Ahmedabad Family handout Ashok and Shobhana Patel were among those who died in the plane crash a year ago Miten Patel remembers the day hospital staff in Ahmedabad drew two vials of his blood to help identify his parents.
He had landed in the Indian city hours earlier with his brother, carrying dental records for Ashok and Shobhana Patel.
"We had to fly Air India to get there, because there were no other flights," he said.
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