Polish leader, 96 others die as jet crashes
A nation in shock weeps
Posted: April 11, 2010 at 5:48 a.m.
Wreckage of the Polish presidential plane smolders Saturday near Smolensk in western Russia in this image taken from Polish television. Many called the crash Poland’s worst disaster since World War II.
An aging Russian airliner carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and members of his country’s military, political and religious elites crashed in thick fog Saturday as it took them to a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the slaughter of thousands of Polish military officers by Soviet secret police.
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