Journal 61 – Mourning in Poland

Today is July 22, 2007. The world agencies informed about an accident the Polish bus in France. The bus was carrying Polish pilgrims from a holy site in the Alps. It crashed into a river bed and burst into flames next to Grenoble. 47 pilgrims, two drivers and guide were on the bus, 26 of them were killed.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, expressed his condolences to Polish President Lech Kaczynski. On Sunday, two leaders spoke by telephone. Today, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon was to visit the crash site. Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski was flying later Sunday to visit the site of accident.