The vehicle-ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver last spring continues to reverberate through the community, and those affected need more support, organizers of the event said Friday.

A statement from Filipino B.C. said the second annual Lapu Lapu Day festival began as a day of cultural pride and ended in “unimaginable loss.”

While the tragedy of April 26 has been acknowledged, it said “the delivery of tangible support and resources has been slow and inconsistent.”

The group called the attack a “social disaster” and said it did not trigger the standard emergency response mechanisms that follow environment-related disasters.

“Yet, as we’ve seen, the impacts of this event have followed a disaster-like trajectory — with trauma, long-term care n

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