A WORCESTER grandmother is desperately waiting for the safe return of her son and daughter who are trapped in Thailand.
Gwen Chadwick won a luxury holiday of a lifetime to Thailand and gave it to her children Marina and Pete Chadwick.
The pair spent a week in a luxury hotel and were due to fly home on Thursday, but were trapped after anti-government protesters blocked the main airport.
Mrs Chadwick, aged 76, who lives with her husband Frank at Middle Street, Arboretum, Worcester, said: “Everyone keeps saying they are safe but it makes no difference to me, I just want them home. I should not have given them the holiday but it is a holiday of a lifetime.
“I do blame myself, I should have ripped the ticket up, I had funny feelings about it.”
The trauma has been made even worse for 48-year-old Miss Chadwick, who has missed her youngest son’s ninth birthday.
Edwin had to open his presents without his mum yesterday morning.
He is being looked after at home in Sycamore Road, Tolladine, Worcester, by his brothers Wayne, 17; Mark, 23; Steve, 24; Dave, 25, and sister Karen, 27. An uncle is also helping the family until Miss Chadwick returns.
“She phoned me this morning and is terribly upset because she wants to get home,” Mrs Chadwick said.
“They are at a hotel at the moment, but they have got no money because they only took what they needed for the week, and they didn’t take credit cards with them.”
Hundreds of protesters converged on the international airport in Bangkok over a week ago, grounding all flights and leaving thousands of tourists stranded.
The protesters accused Thailand’s government of being corrupt and hostile towards the country’s monarchy and wanted the whole administration to resign.
Yesterday it was announced the protest was being called off after the resignation of Thailand’s Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.
It means tourists could start leaving the country by the end of the week.
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