Abdallah and Sakr families' memorial triumph
The Abdallah and Sakr families have won a lengthy battle with Oatlands Golf Club, to implement a permanent memorial for their children.
In February 2020, the lives of the Abdallah and Sakr families were turned upside down when their children Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, Sienna, eight, and Veronique Sakr, 11, were hit by a car on the perimeter of the western Sydney golf course.
Now, almost four years on from the tragedy, Danny Abdallah has confirmed that a memorial garden for his children and niece had finally won approval.
Oatlands Golf Club had rejected several designs for a memorial on the site of the crash, but the club has now finally agreed to license a small parcel of land to the Abdallah and Sakr families for a private garden.
“We persisted, we got there,” Abdallah told 2GB on Wednesday.
“It was very stressful and it took its toll on us.”
The landscape hedge garden will include plants that blossom each February and a plinth for each of the children.
The families hope to complete the memorial by Christmas.
The golf club shut down negotiations for the memorial in 2021, after rejecting all of the family's suggestions for the memorial as too large, saying they would unduly remind neighbours of the tragedy.
Mr Abdallah did not want to dwell on why the club changed its approach, saying “I want to move forward.”
The news of the memorial comes after the Abdallah family confirmed they are expecting another baby.
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