It took place this morning in a heavy climate Makrychori of the municipality of Tempo Larisa, the annual memorial for the 57 souls who lost their lives in the train accident of Tempoa year ago.

A large number of people attended the Holy Church of Agios Thomas for the memorial service held by the Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos Hieronymos.

Among them were people who were to experience the first minutes of the tragedy.

Like Mr. Nikos Mitsoyiannis, deputy mayor of the Municipality of Tempo, who shocks by describing what he saw when he was among the first to arrive at the scene of the accident: “We saw a chaotic situation there at the scene of the tragedy. Deepest condolences to the families. What I saw, don’t ask me what, please, don’t let any of you see it. Unfortunately we were not able to save all these people. People there were telling us that they don’t want to die, that they want to live, that they want to see their families, one girl told us that she wants to have a child, not to lose this… We heard everything you can imagine, everyone was saying that he was in need and we tried to talk to them to give them strength to live. We saw many, many scattered bodies, many were saved, but unfortunately not all. We did what we could, for five days and nights we were there… we tried to give support and strength, we covered them who were half-naked because of the accident, we did everything we could for these people to live. May this never happen again. Those who have the responsibilities will be accountable where they should and primarily to God.”

The atmosphere was also heavy in the commemoration that followed at the scene of the tragedy.

Residents of the area, rescuers and many relatives of the victims attended the scene of the fatal train accident that plunged the country into mourning.

Metropolitan Ieronymos Larisis emphasized: “We remember the 57 souls of our people who are now our people. It is our responsibility to remember them and honor that memory. It is a heavy day today, these people are in the center of our thoughts and prayers. Within all this is everything else we hear these days. You honor a sleeping person very much with silenceyou honor him greatly with prayer, you do not honor him with noise.

Once again, micro-politics comes to cover the essential politics, that is, what will be done to ensure that the railways are safe, that our places are proud only for their beauty and do not become famous for other reasons. Everything else is just boring words. All these words do not do justice to departed souls, these souls will find vindication when we are sure that our railways are safe and things are working properly. In time, our own advice is so that the dead do not remain one more memory of a sad accident, we should all work together to move the place forward as a whole. God rest them.”