Suffering and only suffering determines the judgment for murder fire in the eyes, with the centenary of death. And during yesterday’s trial, relatives of the victims were interrogated in court, describing the suffering of those who “left” and the tragedy of those who remained. happy parents of Margaret Dionisiotis perished along with her baby from the flames of the fire, Charalambos and Mary testified, shocking everyone. The father recounted the events.

“My daughter was pulled out of the sea by the mother of the child. The child was unconscious, massaged by a Romanian rescuer, and alive. With a volunteer fire truck, they took the baby along with the rescuer to “Children”. I put the girl on the bench. An ambulance arrives and I put her inside. My son-in-law and I first went to the “Children’s”. The child was finished … The child was finished on the steps of the hospital. If there was help from the sea, he might be alive today. My family hasn’t lived for four and a half years… It just exists. We are waiting for justice for the departed people and people living with open wounds in soul and body.”

The mother of the victim, Maria Dionisioti, testified in court that she never got to see her daughter while she was intubated in the hospital. “I was not allowed to see her in intensive care. I was told that her eyes were a little burnt, you will see her tomorrow. The other day her hands were a little burned, tomorrow you will see her. 11 days have passed, and I have not seen Margarita. He died on 3 August. Those who left were tortured a lot, they were hurt. They testified, and we testified with them. Our Margaritula used her body as a shield to save the child. My soul is burned until I close my eyes. This is how we all feel when we lose our people. No one helped them … “The couple lost their son a few years before the tragedy in Mati.

“My family has not been alive for four and a half years… It just exists…,” the father of Margarita Dionisiotis, who disappeared with a child, told the court.

Weeping, she also testified Joanna Karakoukalis, which was not in Mati and described communication with her mother, who eventually died in a fatal fire. “He was stuck in an apartment building. He couldn’t breathe. At 21.06 pm we talked for the last time. Before we hung up, he said he loved me and never spoke to me again. Until that moment, I could not believe that she was alive, that she was 48 years old, she was trying to stay alive and no one was trying to help her. You doing”.

For her husband Nikos Kossora, who was found burned in the Fragosh estate, at the site of the death of 26 people, she testified Polymnia Kossora. “My husband was one of those who got turned away from Marathon Avenue. He drove my son to the airport and back. He lost his life needlessly due to the criminal management of the fire by the authorities.”

OUR George Mijas testified in court about his 23-year-old son Victor. The child’s body washed ashore a week after the fire. With tears in his eyes, the witness said, “I had no information from anyone” and described the agonizing days that passed until the body of his child was found, while other burn victims spoke of the revelations. The trial continues today.