Ostatnie ofiary Katynia (last victims of Katyn)
Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Lech Kaczyński i 95 osób towarzyszących zginęło w katastrofie samolotu w drodze na obchody 70. rocznicy zbrodni katyńskiej.
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All 96 people on board have died after a Polish presidential TU-154 plane crashed near an airport outside Smolensk in western Russia. The Polish president and his wife were among the killed.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski was heading for a personal visit to the KATYN site where Polish officers were murdered during World War II. http://www.rememberkatyn1940.pl/
Also, among the passengers aboard the doomed airplane were the last president of the anti-Communist Polish government-in-exile in London; Ryszard Kaczorowski, head of the National Security Office; Aleksander Szczyglo; presidential aide Pawel Wypych; presidential aide Mariusz Handzlik; Deputy Parliament Speaker Jerzy Szmajdzinski; Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer; head of the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Franciszek Gagor; head of the National Bank of Poland, Slawomir Skrzypek; and Janusz Kurtyka, head of the National Remembrance Institute.
There are no survivors of the crash, Smolensk region governor, Sergey Antufyev said, speaking to Russia’s Vesti-24 news channel. There were 89 members of the presidential entourage and eight crew members on board.
(FIFA.com) Saturday 10 April 2010
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter expressed his sadness tonight as Poland mourned the deaths of its president and scores of the country’s senior figures in a plane crash.
In the statement, the FIFA President said:
“It was with immense sadness that I learnt this morning of the tragedy which resulted in the loss of the lives of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and countless prominent figures from Poland’s political, economic and military elite in this tragic accident in Smolensk.
That he should lose his life while travelling to commemorate the anniversary of the loss of thousands of Polish lives in Katyn heightens this tragedy, yet at the same time it is indicative of his abiding devotion to his country and his compatriots. His passing will undoubtedly be the cause of great sorrow.
I know that President Kaczynski was a huge supporter of Polish football, which manifested itself on one historic occasion at a meeting which I had the honour of attending alongside him in Warsaw in 2007.
On behalf of the worldwide football family, I have extended my condolences and deepest sympathy to the Prime Minister of Poland, the President of the Polish Football Federation, the Secretary General of the Polish Olympic Committee at this harrowing time, and wish them strength and fortitude for the challenging days that lie ahead.
As a further mark of our respect and solidarity, the national flag of Poland, as well as the flags of FIFA and UEFA have been lowered to half-mast at the Home of FIFA.”
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