Poland: Video Reactions to the Deadly Plane Crash

Posted 11 April 2010 1:23 GMT

Countries	Poland, Russia
Topics	Breaking News, Disaster, Governance, Politics
Languages	Polish, English

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Following the shocking news of the death of President Lech Kaczyński and 95 other officials, Poland starts the official week of mourning. Next to an enormous amount of reactions in various online venues, video messages present themselves as a very powerful tool to express the feelings of the nation.

Natalia10odd posts her poem, including an English translation:

Bettymegami pays tribute to Lech Kaczyński:

Sasuuka reminds us of the faces and names of all the victims of the plane crash:

The most striking is this simple message of the Polish flag, a black ribbon and the Polish national anthem starting with lyrics ‘Poland is not vanished, until we are alive…' in the context of its title - ‘In memory of the victims who died on April 10, 2010″ uploaded by gucio3417:

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