Today, the Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife were laid to rest after their terrible plane crash in Russia. 50,000 mourners gathered the outskirts of the St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow, Poland to witness the entrance of the coffins. 61 people died in the plane crash such as major military leaders, but some of the relatives and family members of those who died were not able to attend the funeral due to the volcanic ash in the sky.
President Obama and other world leaders such as Prince Charles, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also had to miss the funeral due to the volcanic ash.
I find it crazy that many relatives were not able to attend the funeral of their loved ones. I know that it is extremely difficult to postpone a funeral, but it is also extremely depressing that the relatives of those who also died in the plane crash were not able to bid their final goodbyes.
It is also crazy how an occurence in Iceland could possibly be affecting people all over the world. Its a little bizarre how even the president of the united states with the best technology cannot fly over to Europe. Experts were not messing around when they said that they believe it is unsafe to fly in these conditions.
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It just goes to show how dependent we as a population are on air travel.
Wow. Who knew all this volcanic ash would affect everyone so much.
I wonder how the Polish government has it set up for tragedies like this. Is there a VP that steps in as president?
Thats really sad that the volcanic ash got in the way of people going to the funeral.
I'm actually a little surprised that one plane held so many important Polish leaders. I know that many times when big corporations are flying people they have at least one, if not more, person take a different plane/mode of transportation in case anything happens. And the U.S. government definitely has precautions against such a situation happening (President and VP usually don't fly together; a cabinet member doesn't attend the State of the Union Address).
Like Georgia, I'm curious as to how Poland will rebuild such a large chunk of its governmental system, and if future regulations will be enacted to prevent something like this in the future.
And yes, this was tragic.
I read this article that was published on April 12th, and it says:
"The acting president, Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, said he would call for early elections within 14 days. The vote must be held within another 60 days."
However currently, before the election,
"New acting chiefs of the military were already in place and an interim director of the central bank was named Sunday, with work running as usual, said Pawel Gras, a government spokesman."
Here is the link to the article for anyone who might want more details:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-poland_12int.ART.State.Edition2.4c8b4ca.html
This is so sad. A volcanic eruption can affect so many different lives in such drastic ways. Not being able to attend a loved ones' funeral. I'd be pretty bummed.
Even though the U.S has a lot of great technology, no one could have predicted this. So it's not their fault.
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