Social media users flooded her post with messages of sympathy, calling Ho a hero and expressing solidarity with her grief.
“He isn’t just your superhero, he’s also our superhero. [It’s] OK to not be OK, take care,” one user wrote.
Another user, who referred to Ho as “brother”, also made a post remembering the firefighter before deleting it after it went viral.
“[Your] shift’s over, please rest well bro,” the post read.
The post also included a photo of Ho in uniform and began, “please remember well what a hero looks like”, thanking the firefighter for his sacrifice.
“Brothers from Yan Oi Tong are all proud of you. See you in our next lives, gorilla,” the post concluded.
Another person, who identified herself as Ho’s younger cousin, also shared her sorrow on social media, expressing disbelief and longing for her relative.
“When I was young, I found you annoying and pretentious, but now I think you’re incredibly cool. You’re the coolest…” she wrote.
“But I don’t want to feel you’re cool because of this…”
She said news of her cousin’s death had shocked her and that she wished he could have returned safely from duty.
Her post was similarly inundated with kind messages from online users, some revealing their own connections to Ho.
Others who said they were Ho’s classmates or former colleagues expressed their shock at his passing and urged her to take care.
This article was first published on SCMP.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/hong-kong-fire-ho-wai-ho-girlfriend-firefighter-killed-5494221
