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Paris: immense emotion a year after the deadly fire in rue Erlanger

2020-02-05T11:16:15.547Z


This Tuesday morning, many people came to pay tribute to the dead and injured in the terrible fire of January 201


A great moment of emotion. A great need to be together. A meeting that allowed the survivors to find themselves, the relatives of the missing to gather. This Tuesday morning, many of them met in this Erlanger street in the 16th arrondissement for a terrible tribute. On February 5, 2019, ten people died in the flames and 96 others were injured.

Danièle Giazzi, the LR mayor of the borough, talks about a vision of hell that everyone has lived. Anne Hidalgo (PS) underlines the terrible tragedies which the city lived "which we can overcome together". The representatives of the worship invite them to silence, to prayer. "Everyone being between depression, anger and hope" launches the pastor of the district. The former inhabitants are also very numerous. Everyone relives this ordeal. It is etched in their minds and even sometimes in their bodies.

Pascale's mother, who died while living on the 7th floor, believes that "she can only do this work in herself". Emilie, who was on the third floor, salutes this ceremony: “It's the first anniversary. You had to be there. "...

Everyone also praised the heroic work of the firefighters and the solidarity of the neighborhood. Hoping that life will resume its rights ...

Source: leparis

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