Seven summers after the deadly fire in Mati – a national tragedy with 104 dead and dozens of injuries and burns – Mrs Ioanna Gatopoulou, a polythetic, described to ERT the events of that black day as she experienced.

Ms Gatopoulou started the description from the time the fire began. As he said, “I went down to the sea that is very close. So there in Poseidon cars were four rowswhile it is a very narrow road and do not fit more than 2 cars. I had to do a lot of maneuvering so that I could go down the trail, which we only knew the locals. I arrived at sea and entered the water, as did the rest of the apartment building. “

“We were swimming at least 3 hours And our air was going inward, to Euboea, “he explained.

And he continued, ‘After we saw everything burned, because the green was going downstairs, We decided to go out. There I understood – because before, in the water, I didn’t understand – that i have been burned“

As Ms. Gatopoulou said, “Leaving the house I felt on my back, on my feet, in the hands that were uncovered, something like air stones. When we got out of the water though I began to have unbearable pains And we were waiting for some means to take us, at least to us, the burns to take us to a center, a hospital (…). “

‘Some alerted the Port in Rafina, which came After three -quarters, he did nothing. He left because he heard that he couldn’t approach. They didn’t think about throwing a boat and We waited there another hour And more with the air, the tobacco … you can’t see in front of you. At some point a one was found inflatable with individualswho took me and another lady we were burning and took us to Nea Makri at the Medical Center. “

About court rulingMrs Gatopoulou said that There was no justification. “The result was that the same punishment, let’s say the penalty, was given as it was in the first instance, that is, 10 euros a day for three years. I consider this to be a mockery. It is partly justification for the four who entered prison. “