A SMALL group of HIV-positive locals gathered at the AIDS memorial in Roberton Park Friday, looking world-weary after news that AIDS conference delegates died aboard MH17.
Diane Lloyd had been preparing to fly to the Melbourne conference the next day: “We didn’t have a choice about having HIV, but these people did choose to devote their lives to helping us,” she said.
Early reports said more than 100 medical researchers, health workers and HIV activists were on the plane, destroyed mid-air by a missile over war-torn Ukraine, but when confirmation came through the final number was six delegates.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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