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Lac-Mégantic, the town that was devastated by a train derailment a year ago, had a memorial on Sunday morning.
Hundreds were in attendance. Gov. Gen. David Johnston and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard were at the service.
On July 6 at 1:15 a.m. 74 unattended freight cars carrying crude oil from the Bakken formation rolled into the town center, derailed and exploded. Forty seven died or were presumed dead and 30 buildings were destroyed.
Several outlets looked back at Canada fourth deadliest rail accident.
The Globe and Mail has interactive photos, a flyover comparing the disaster aftermath and a look at the rebuilding a year later.
Survivors were interviewed, some still suffering from trauma.
“I’m always having nightmares, terrible nightmares. I’m like a child when I wake up,” says local artist René Simard who was a patron at the Musi-Café when the train hit. Simard says he hasn’t worked since the disaster a year ago and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lac-Megantic remembers: A town united in grief http://t.co/teG1XSabIW pic.twitter.com/QuwOGF7Esu
— CBC News (@CBCNews) July 6, 2014
My thoughts are with the people of Lac-Mégantic today, Canada will continue to stand by you. http://t.co/E32Nv1rviS #cdnpoli
— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) July 6, 2014
Lac-Mégantic: keep your courage and determination to continue rebuilding, and look to the future with hope. 1/2
— Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) July 6, 2014
Comments
nobody24
…shouldn’t have built the railroad through the town… oh, yeah, they didn’t, they built the town around the railroad… yet somehow it is the “oil’s” fault.
Isn’t ignorance bliss ?