Students set up makeshift memorials in schools with the names of their fallen friends and fellow students, lighting candles and leaving a few flowers in their memory
The lamentation that spread throughout the premises was muteAristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) for the twelve students who lost their lives and the other 26 who were injured on the evening of February 28, in the Tempe train crash.
The students set up improvised monuments in the schools with the names of their deceased friends and fellow students, lighting candles and leaving a few flowers in their memorywhile writing the messages “We don’t forget you” and “Send when you arrive”.
Also, members of student associations, etcthey anointed the statue of Aristotle with black cloth which is located in front of the Rector’s building. There, they laid white flowers while on the wall they wrote “Our lives count” and a quote from Tasos Livaditis’ poem “The train of 12”.
With these actions, the students wanted to express the mourning and send a message of support to the families of the victims, announcing new protests for the next period. At the same time, several high schools in Thessaloniki have been under occupation since the morning for the 57 dead in Tempe and the dozens of injured.
As reported by the Athens Agency, the rector of AUTH, Nikos Papaioannou, on Sunday, March 12, a memorial service will be held in the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki for the victims of the tragic accident caused by the collision of the two trains.
In the meantime, in an atmosphere of emotion and mourning, the funerals of the Tempe victims were held at noon in Thessaloniki. The 54-year-old retired policeman and his 15-year-old son Panagiotis were buried in Eleftherio Kordelio. Due to mourning, the 1st Kordelio High School, where the young man studied, was closed today and no classes were held so that his teachers and classmates could attend the funeral procession.
At the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of Sotiros, in Kalamaria, relatives, colleagues and friends said their last goodbyes to 23-year-old firefighter Nikitas Karatheodorou and also 23-year-old Kelly Porfyriadou, student of the Theological School of AUTH.
Source: Skai
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