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| 3129 days after two children died, Thomas Cook ceo apologises | 3129 days after two children died, Thomas Cook ceo apologises |
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| The ceo of Thomas Cook has finally apologised over the deaths of two children on holiday in Corfu, over eight years and six months after the tragedy took place. | The ceo of Thomas Cook has finally apologised over the deaths of two children on holiday in Corfu, over eight years and six months after the tragedy took place. |
| "From the deepest of my heart I am sorry," Peter Fankhauser said. | "From the deepest of my heart I am sorry," Peter Fankhauser said. |
| He admitted that the way Thomas Cook had treated the parents of Christi and Bobby Shepherd could have been better and that the parents did not receive the compassion they deserved. | He admitted that the way Thomas Cook had treated the parents of Christi and Bobby Shepherd could have been better and that the parents did not receive the compassion they deserved. |
| Fankhauser also said he regretted saying Thomas Cook had done "nothing wrong" when giving evidence at the coroner's court in Wakefield last week. | Fankhauser also said he regretted saying Thomas Cook had done "nothing wrong" when giving evidence at the coroner's court in Wakefield last week. |
| Christi and Bobby Shepherd were six and seven years old when they died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel in 2006 because of fumes from a defective boiler. The children’s bodies were discovered by a cleaner. Their father, Neil Shepherd, and his partner Ruth had slipped into a coma close by. | Christi and Bobby Shepherd were six and seven years old when they died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel in 2006 because of fumes from a defective boiler. The children’s bodies were discovered by a cleaner. Their father, Neil Shepherd, and his partner Ruth had slipped into a coma close by. |
| Thomas Cook was awarded damages against the owner of the hotel in 2010. It has taken half that payout for legal costs and donated £1.5 million to children’s charity Unicef. |