Two years after the disaster, the tribute to the victims of Brétigny – Le Parisien

Sébastien Morelli | 12 Jul 2015, 7:28 p.m. |. Update: 12 Jul 2015, 10:06 p.m.

Brétigny-sur-Orge, this. Sunday Among those present at the commemoration, two members of the government. The Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, and on his left, Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal Illustration.. (LP / Sébastien Morelli.)

A minute of silence for those few seconds that upset so many lives. There are two years, July 12, 2013, the train Intercity Paris – Limoges derailed in Brétigny-sur-Orge station. A disaster that left seven dead and 70 injured, including 30 serious.

This Sunday afternoon, the Justice Minister, Christiane Taubira, the Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal, President of the SNCF, Guillaume Pepy, and many elected officials have traveled in Brétigny station to pay tribute to the victims and the emergency services.

“We need to find us once again to commemorate the tragedy, give it a duty to remember a character,” launched Nicolas Méary (UDI), the mayor of Brétigny in front of nearly 300 people.

In the crowd, anonymous. As this group of friends, who have lost Genevieve and Mark, a couple of octogenarian in the accident. “They were in our recreation association. That day, exceptionally, they have not wanted to take the car to go see their children. They found the safest train. At least they left together. “

Brétigny 200 people gather in memory of victims

A judge additional training

L one of them also has a special thought for Bandon, 19, broke on the dock. “I think a lot about him. Dying at 80 years, it was his life, but now it was not in the order of things. “Many victims of the disaster were keen to make the move. As this couple come to province. The woman was on the train. Since she can no longer take this means of transport and has subsequently lost his job. “I think about every day,” she says.

Her husband is annoyed lack of monitoring of victims and the slow pace of judicial proceedings. Christiane Taubira told them that a judge would additional training as reinforcements. There are less than a month, judges assigned to the case in Evry denounced a lack of resources. “This ceremony is important to us. But now it needs to be fair compensation for the damage, argues that man who was also him in the Intercity. It is not necessary that it still lingers for months. “

Guillaume Pepy (left), head of the SNCF, laid a wreath under the plaque commemorating the tragedy of July 12, 2013. (LP / MS)