Today marks the 10th anniversary of passenger flight MH17 getting shot down in Ukraine. The Netherlands will commemorate the disaster and the 298 people killed in various ways. The official commemoration will be held at the National MH17 monument in Vijfhuizen Park near Schiphol. Flags are hanging at half-mast in many municipalities. The national commemoration in Vijfhuizen will start at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. About 1,500 people will attend, including the loved ones of the victims, King Willem-Alexander, various Dutch Cabinet members like Prime Minister Dick Schoof, and representatives from Malaysia, Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Ukraine. The names of all 298 victims will be read, followed by two minutes of silence.
Earlier this year, the Court of Audit reported that the Netherlands had, thus far, spent 166 million euros on the aftermath of the MH17 disaster. This includes expenditure on crisis management, repatriation of the victims, the investigation into the perpetrators, and bringing them to justice, among many other things.
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Originally Posted by MH17 relative
If the truth comes out, I might be able to move forward a bit…But it won’t bring my daughters back. The hole they left behind gets bigger and bigger - the wound doesn’t heal, the wound lies open and I don’t think it will ever close.
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