(CNN) -- New Zealanders Danica and Paul Weeks are no strangers to disaster. The couple's eldest son, Lincoln, was born in the midst of an earthquake in Christchurch in 2010. Just over three years later, in December 2013, they were in a car accident after moving to Australia. So when Paul left for a mining job in Mongolia earlier this month, the couple took precautions, Danica says. Paul couldn't wear his wedding ring on the mine site so he left it, and his watch, at home with instructions to pass them on to his two sons, "should anything happen" to him.
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Relatives of MH370 passengers are anxious to hear news of loved ones
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Martial arts star Ju Kun was among those on board the flight
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Tributes and messages of support are being shared online
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Communities hold vigils to pray for the missing
It's been five days since @placeholder vanished, but with little information about the plane's whereabouts the wait feels like an eternity.