US EditionSkiers Create Heart-Shaped Tribute for Switzerland Fire Victims
Forty people died and 119 were injured in the blaze, with skiers honoring victims and emergency responders in a widely shared drone-filmed tribute.
- On Tuesday, skiers formed a large heart on a Crans-Montana slope captured by drone and posted online by the Crans-Montana tourist office.
- Forty people died and 119 others were injured, many severely, in the fire that began at the Le Constellation bar near the base of the ski area; all of the 40 victims were identified on Sunday.
- Residents and visitors have left flowers and notes in the village while several ski resorts across the country paused activities to reflect, and the Crans-Montana tourism office posted a video paying tribute to victims and rescue workers with a message of solidarity.
- President Guy Parmelin announced a national day of mourning, and a larger official ceremony is planned for January 9 following community tributes and media coverage.
- Investigators say the cause remains unestablished but point to sparklers on champagne bottles carried close to the ceiling as a likely source, with the blaze starting at a bar near the base of the ski area.
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Originally scheduled to compete in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on Sunday, the young skiers ended up skimming down the slope as one man to form a giant heart as a tribute to the dead and injured in the New Year's Eve fire tragedy, joining hundreds of people who held a silent march to honor the victims that same day.
Skiers in Swiss resort honour the victims of the New Year's Eve bar fire
Hundreds of people gathered on a snow slope in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, joining together in a heart formation to remember the victims of a deadly new year fire at a local bar which claimed 40 lives and injured more than 100 others.
Images that give balm to the heart. Following the terrible New Year's tragedy that killed 40 people and injured 116 others in the fire at La Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, the skier community paid a fine tribute to the victims and rescuers.The Instagram account of the famous ski resort published a video in which we see dozens of skiers winding on one of the main slopes of the resort before meeting down to form a heart and expre…
The ski community of Crans Montana paid tribute this Monday to the 40 victims of the deadly fire that occurred on New Year's Eve in the Swiss ski resort. Hundreds of lovers of this sport gathered in the heart of the Alps to make a descent in memory of the deceased.A video shared on social networks by the tourist office of the town located in the canton of Valais shows a row of hundreds of skiers coming down the snowy hills to honor the victims. …
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