20.09.2011 00:00
Air Crash near Yaroslavl
On 7th September, during a plenary session of the State Duma, the people’s deputies were informed of the loss of the ice hockey team from the Lokomotiv club in Yaroslavl. The guys were flying to their first match of the season. My heart was simply bursting with pain and my inability to change what had happened. The kids had only just said goodbye to their loved ones and friends, laughing and replying to their good luck wishes…It’s frightening when death turns out to be not somewhere far away, but right around the corner. I don’t want to talk now about who is right or wrong, I just want to ask whether we remember that we all live on the same planet, that we are human beings, that we live alongside one other, that we’re not on this Earth forever, and that these are not other people’s children and loved ones dying on the Bulgaria cruise ship, the Yak-2 aircraft or the Nevsky Express…?
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