Sole survivor of Indonesian pop group hit by tsunami buries his wife - New York Post

The only surviving member of the Indonesian pop group swept out to sea by a tsunami buried his socialite wife Tuesday, a day after the funerals of three bandmates.

The lead singer of the local group “Seventeen,” Riefian Fajarsyah, included a video of himself stroking his bride’s white coffin in a heartbreaking Instagram post from the back of a hearse.

“How can I live without you, Dylan Sahara?” Fajarsyah, 35, wrote of his wife, to his 1.9 million followers.

Eerie video footage had shown fans clapping and cheering at the band’s beachside performance in Java on Saturday night — seconds before a huge wave smashed onto the stage.

The frontman’s wife, an Indonesian actress and TV-personality, was one of the dozens of people swept away by the wave.

Her body was identified at a hospital late Monday, according to local reports.

The group’s drummer, Wisnu Andi Darmawan was also found dead Monday — as the group’s bassist Muhammad Awal Purbani, guitarist Herman Sikumbang, manager Oki Wijaya and crew member Rukmana Rustam were laid to rest.

In an emotional plea on Instagram, Fajarsyah asked friends and fans to send him any photos they have of him and his Sahara — as both of their cellphones were lost in the wave.

Sahara, who would have turned 26 Sunday, was the daughter of a well-known Indonesian politician and running for a parliament seat in next year’s elections.

“(She) was not perfect and neither am I, but she never stopped trying to be the best wife,” Fajarsyah said in a tribute.

“I could not ask for more.”

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