Five years ago, Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed in the French Alps – according to the investigators, the co-pilot had deliberately caused the plane to crash. In the city of Haltern in North Rhine-Westphalia, from which an accident group of pupils came, the victim was commemorated with a minute’s silence at the crash time at 10:41 a.m. At the same time, the church bells rang.
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Commemorations in Haltern and in the south of France near the crash site were due to the Corona crisis been canceled. When the Germanwings plane crashed on March 24, 2015, all 150 people on board were killed.
“A lot of strength, support and courage”
North Rhine – Westphalia ‘s Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) spoke up with a video message: “We will be the victims of the Germanwings flight 9525 never forget, “he said. Especially in those times when relatives could not find” comfort and refuge “in the large circle, he wished them” a lot of strength, support and courage to look ahead “.
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“We are all with our thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families on this day,” said Laschet. The accident had torn a “deep wound in the hearts of parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, friends and relatives”. It is a wound “that will never heal completely, that will always bleed – especially on days like today”.
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Despite the Curfew in France a wreath is to be laid in the cemetery of the Le Vernet parish. There is a community grave in which the remains were buried, which could no longer be attributed to any of the victims.
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Candles as “light of remembrance”
In front of the memorial plaque at the Joseph König high school in Haltern, some people silently commemorated the victims on Tuesday morning. The prime minister and the school ministry had sent funeral arrangements. The city of Haltern had a funeral wreath erected at a memorial in a cemetery.
At 7:00 p.m., the population is invited to put a candle in the window as a “light of remembrance”. This is intended to commemorate the victim and to show a sign of solidarity with the bereaved. Candles are also to be lit in the school windows.
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