(CNN) -- Family members of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers and crew heard the news they feared most Monday: "All lives are lost." For many, who have waited and hoped for more than two weeks for signs of life from their loved ones, the grief was too much to bear. "They have told us all lives are lost," a relative told a CNN producer at Beijing's Lido Hotel, where family members were called to meet with airline representatives. Just before the relatives were briefed in a conference room, four emergency medical workers entered, dressed in bright orange uniforms. A bed on wheels also was pushed inside.
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"All three family members are gone. I am desperate!" shouts a Chinese grandmother
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Malaysia Airlines sent a text saying "we have to assume" that no one survived
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Relatives angry, overcome with grief; some lash out after being told the news
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Group representing Chinese, Taiwanese passengers criticize Malaysian government
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