Amid the grief of losing his mother and younger brother, 17-year-old Xavier Junior has vowed to stay strong for his father Jude Joseph, the only other survivor from their devastated home.

Two white coffins lay side by side, one holding Xavier's mother, Emily Johnny, 38, a nurse at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Kota Kinabalu and the other, his brother, Xarell Myre Aristothle, 11.