Smolensk plane crash

[winter]

The plane carrying the Polish president, his wife and various officials just crashed in Smolensk, due to fog while landing

I'm... numb. I didn't vote for him, but oh, he loved cats (and Cats the musical), couldn't stand dancing vampires, during a visit to Japan his wife got dressed up in a kimono and squeed like a teenage girl showing it off to reporters. The military bishops (Catholic and Orthodox) were there too, and the guy who was the last president of our government-in-exile during Communism.

Past tense, already, and I hope, hope so much for survivors...

EDIT: Confirmed no survivors. Head of the National Bank of Poland, too, and top three or four of the major opposition party (which the president was part of). And all due to an ancient Russian plane that they were to replace ten years ago and got bogged down in public procurement. 87 dead.

Comments

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

Oh god, what a shocking thing to happen. My commiserations - what a time it must be in Poland. Jesus.

[winter]

I ended up going to the vigil in the city centre. There's a Grave of the Unknown Soldier there, and it just became a natural magnet :(

[alice_montrose]

I was away for the day, but ATM it's all over the news here as well. I'm not really sure what I could possibly say. Politics aside, this must a great loss for the whole Polish nation, not to mention descendants of Polish families everywhere and... well, other people besides. Me, I'm just staring at the news in shock.

*huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugs*

[winter]

It's just the way when someone you know well dies, only it happened to the whole country :(

[isachi.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say I was really sorry when I heard about this :( What a horrible tragedy.

[tartanshell.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry.

[gisho.livejournal.com]

Heard about this on the news this morning. The worst possible kind of irony. Don't know what to say, other than to extend my condolences.

Hope that the government manages to keep going smoothly despite losing so many people at once.

[winter]

It looks like they're doing well. It's helping that the Russians are being very helpful with running the cleanup and aftermath, so people here can concentrate on making sure everything's running.

[moustachios.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe it when I heard. I can't really wrap my head around it.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

I thought of you when I first saw the news.

HUGS

[winter]

Thankfully it's settling down now. (And first arguments, natch.)

[dunkle-feuer.livejournal.com]

I had to think of you as well when I saw the news first Saturday. This is such a huge tragedy. I really hope that your country will be able to continue dealing with it in such an admirable way and that you will be able to recover from the shock.

What I just still don't understand is how anybody could put all those important people in one and the same plane. Of course, nobody ever thinks that something like that might happen, but still...

*hugs*

[winter]

It was the only plane at that moment - we have two, and one of them was off getting refurbished :(