Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Brétigny-sur-Orge

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Videos - was a period of one year, 3657 at the station broke the long-haul flight from Paris to Limoges Essonne. The official ceremony to honor the dead and wounded.

Remembrance Day this Saturday Brétigny-sur-Orge. One year after the derailment of the Paris-Limoges, in which seven people, commemorative gestures of the victims died held a small station in the village of Essonne. A plaque will be unveiled, and Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvilliers, laid a wreath on the platform where the accident occurred.

Brétigny station today very little that July 12, 2013, as long-range 3657 with 385 people on board derailed about 140 kmh. The victim of a faulty splice, Paris, Limoges and saw the two cars left the track rails collapse, and the third harvest travelers waiting to dock. The latter is completely destroyed, is good as new in a few months of work and 1.5 million U.S. dollars. "It was very important to have a physical scar have today," said the mayor.

The official ceremony at 17:00

Physical and psychological scars are still present in the 200 victims of the disaster. They and their families want to gather in the gym isolated city. "The work behind the spectacle is very difficult," says Thierry Gomes, who has lost his parents during a disaster broke the dam. "We all have in our flesh was shattered. Many suffer from psychological trauma, some are still prohibited. Scars are healed far from."

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