A day of sadness and remembrance for our country – The words of the relatives of the victims break hearts – A grand rally in memory of the 57 victims of the Tempe tragedy on the day of the black anniversary – “Mom I will be late, sleep”, “pick me up when you arrive”: Words written on the banners
A day of sadness and remembrance for our country. Today marks one year since Tragedy with many deaths in Tempe. At ground zero where it all happened a trisag was held in memory of the 57 victims and when the hands of the clock struck 10.00, bells in every corner of the country tolled mournfully 57 times, one for each victim of the accident.
“Mum I’m going to be late, sleep”, “pick me up when you arrive”: Words written on banners at the scene of the accident. Messages exchanged by the passengers of the fatal train minutes before the fatal collision. Messages that never reached the recipients and haunt the families.
The relatives of the 57 victims of the biggest railway tragedy join their voices. Other people are on their side. They leave a flower, a candle at the place where the thread of life was cut so unjustly for the 57 souls and say a prayer. Tears flow non-stop in their eyes. Pain and rage overflow. They demand justice.
The residents of Trikala held a silent protest with obituaries, while at the scene of the tragedy, the words of the relatives of the victims broke hearts.
Tragic is the figure of the mother who breaks over the little trees, shouting: “My love, I can’t believe I won’t see you again.. Where are you?”
A little further, the mother of 23-year-old Deni Routsi, one of the 57 victims of the unspeakable tragedy in Tempi, who was on the day of the “black” anniversary at ground zero to honor the memory of her son and ask for justice once again.
“We will fight it to the end. If we do not find justification here, we will find it elsewhere. The killing of our children is unforgivable, a premeditated murder. The guilty will be punished either in Greece or abroad,” she told reporters visibly moved.
“One year we think it’s a lie, every night we go to bed and believe that in the morning when we wake up everything will be fine. It never happened, on the contrary, we had enough of lies from those responsible…”, says the victim’s father.
The memorial for the 57 victims of Tempe at the point of the collision of the two trains was held in intense emotional charge making even the priest who read the names of the people who lost their lives to bend before the unspeakable tragedy and burst into sobs.
Relatives and friends came wearing one on their chests black and white sticker with a black ribbonwhere he brought her date the accident occurredwhile after the end of the ceremony they shouted “Immortals” and burst into applause.
At the same time, strike mobilizations with the participation of thousands of people culminated in a grand rally in memory of the 57 victims of the Tempe tragedy on the day of the black anniversary.
Completed the course in Athens outside the Hellenic Train
Around 2:00 p.m., the march in the center of Athens ended with the thousands of participants as part of the 24-hour strike mobilization announced by ADEDYthe Labor Center of Athens and PAME on the anniversary of the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in Tempi with 57 dead.
Earlier the route was split in two: one section reached Syntagma and the second reached the offices of Hellenic Train, at the beginning of Syngrou Avenue. The gathered people stayed there for a while and then left.
The participants in the march are estimated to have exceeded 20,000.
The gathering of unions and organizations earlier in Karolos at the OSE building was massive and militantwhere signals from the atmosphere sent the message that “This crime will not be forgotten.”
With the banner that was hung on the facade of the building, with the trikes that were thrown, with the slogans that the blocks of demonstrators shouteddemand that responsibilities be attributed against any attempt to cover up the causes and exonerate the guilty.
“Our rage to crush the politics that count our lives as a cost” is the call they make.
“The money in our pockets goes up in smoke, salaries end on the 10th of the month”“Everything is expensive, life is expensive, organization and struggle are the only option” and “this crime will not be forgotten, we will be the voice of all the dead”are some of the slogans heard loudly at the large strike rally.
They wrote the names of the 57 victims of Tempe in front of the monument to the Unknown Soldier
The names of the 57 victims who lost their lives in the Tempe train collisionwrote protesters in front of the monument to the Unknown Soldier in the Regiment.
Thessaloniki: In the OSE the course for Tempi
A grand demonstration for the first anniversary of the national railway tragedy in Tempi in 2023 was also held in the center of Thessaloniki.
Thousands of protestors, labor unions, students, schoolchildren, young women took to the streets of the city one year after the tragedy in Tempe. The march started from Egnatia at the height of the statue of Venizelos and reached OSE.
The protesters held banners that read: “Their profits, our lives. To be held accountable for the crime in Tempe. Stop on precision. Now collective agreements and wage increases”“The tears dried up and became rage, that this crime may not be covered.”
A little earlier, distributors of Thessaloniki carried out a motorized march to the statue of Venizelos, where they integrated with the protest rally.
The gathering was also attended by farmers demonstrating at the roadblocks in areas of central Macedonia.
Thessaloniki: They hung a “blood-stained” flag outside the OSE
A Greek flag with red paint symbolizing the blood of the victims of the deadly train collision in Tempi catches the eye outside the New Thessaloniki Railway Station.
“Blood flows, revenge is sought”, shout students on the march outside the OSE.
Outside the train station there are wreaths in memory of the 57 victims, while inside the building citizens have left flowers and lit candles for the souls that were so unjustly lost in the national tragedy of Tempe.
Great gathering and march in Patras
Protest rally and march, one year after the accident in Tempe and in Heraklion
A protest rally was held in Heraklion’s Freedom Square on the occasion of the 24-hour strike declared by ADEDY and other workers’ federations. Workers in the public sector and, among others, private employees, builders, retired students and also students took part in the mobilization, who reiterated the request not to cover up the tragedy of Tempe on the anniversary of the tragic accident.
Also, among the requests they made were salary increase, the restoration of gifts, collective agreements, but also staffing with permanent staff in critical public institutions such as health and education. Those gathered at this time are carrying out a protest march in the main streets of Heraklion.
Earlier, in Holy Church of Panagitsa in Mastaba, on the initiative of the Labor Center of Heraklion was held memorial service for the victims of the tragic accident.
Lamia: Impressive gathering and march to Tempi
At the commemorative meeting they gave on the day of the Panhellenic strike (28/2/24) the Students and the Labor Center of Lamia in Parkou squarehundreds of people arrived, asking with one voice for justice for the 57 victims and their families.
In accordance with Lamiareport.grall of them spoke of a premeditated crime and not of a random and human error and demanded that the responsibilities be assigned, analyzing at the same time a series of other problems “that have stolen the smile of today’s Greek”, such as accuracy, the destruction of the primary sector and private universities.
At the event about 30 unions attendedclubs, federations and bodies, while the presence of the students of the 4th High School of Lamia was special.
An impressive march followed in the center of the city, with those gathered occupying the entire street of Kolokotroni and then Riga Feraiu, among the mothers with strollers and even people with mobility problems.
The march ended via Leonidou Street at the Lamia Railway Station, after being joined by tractors and farm vehicles that supported the strike of unions and labor centers. The meeting ended at 14:00 in the afternoon.
“Have you arrived?”- The shocking message of Evia students about Tempi
The students of Evia move by paying tribute to the victims of the fatal train.
From Chalkida to Aliveri, children gather in the courtyards of their schools and form with their bodies, clothes and bags the message that causes chills and awe.
“Have you arrived?”
The everyday, classic longing question of the parent to the child that was left once and for all unanswered on the night of destruction.
Today marks one year since the biggest railway tragedy that has happened in Greece and plunged our country into mourning with 57 victims and mostly young children.
Today all of Greece mourns.
Never again should any family experience such tragic moments, is the message of Avlonari Primary School.
The touching posters they raised in Volos for Tempi
Today’s strike gathering in the center of Volos overflowed with sadness, anger and pain in memory of the 57 victims of the Tempe tragedy.
See the posters raised by the Voliotes:
New video and audio from the fateful Tempe route
In a chilling video published by Kathimerini for the first time, the Intercity 62 can be seen before and after the collision. Apparently, the explosion was followed by an inexplicable inferno of fire for which there are specific reports of a suspected flammable substance.
Source: Skai
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