( CNN ) -- When 34-year-old Puspanahtan Subramaniam was leaving his home in Kuala Lumpur to board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , his two young children did n't want him to go . They clung to his legs and refused to let go until the IT specialist promised to bring them chocolates and presents when he returned from his trip to Beijing , said his father . `` Surely they must find the plane . That is all I hope for , '' said Gurusami Subramaniam , who is waiting in agony for updates on the missing plane that carried 239 people , including his son . `` He was responsible for everything . These clothes I 'm wearing even . Whatever country he was in , he would call . Once a week , he would come see us with the whole family . He really took care of us . '' Subramaniam hardly sleeps , he says . He never turns his phone off , not even for a moment . He says he worked 20 years as a security guard to put his son through college . His younger sister followed in his footsteps . Puspanahtan 's wife is also waiting for any news . `` God only knows , '' he said `` It is God 's hands . It 's fate . ''
A father in Malaysia waits for news of his son who boarded the missing Malaysian plane . Puspanahtan Subramaniam , 34 , is an IT specialist who was going to Beijing . His two young children did n't want their father to leave , his father says .