Four young children who survived a deadly train collision describe unknown moments of the tragedy in the podcast and show “Protagonists” as they are brought to justice. Tempe.

“Is anyone on the train?” is heard in videos on social media, the strong voice of 18-year-old Angelos Tsiamura, who helped many people free themselves from the train cars.

Now Angelos says: “In my van there were young people my age and older than me, physically maybe even better than me, but no one followed them except Mr. George, who was also the driver. I think that perhaps I could do something more if I had someone’s help. I mean, what worries me to this day is that if they didn’t just care about their ass – pardon the expression – maybe we could do more.”

Of the gatherings in front yards and squares, Angelos says, “I will protest as much as I can. Not under party flags or anything else, but as a proud Greek for his country.”

Evdokia Tsagli, known for her participation in the reality show, rethinks her life from the very beginning and says: “The darkest moment of the night is before dawn. I also believe in collective faith, which has a different weight. And now we all believe together that this will never happen to anyone else.” And when Stavros Theodorakis asks her why she deleted her posts from Instagram, she replies: “I still don’t understand a lot of things. Some parts of me have been erased and others have been reborn, because in order to create something new – many times – something old has to go. I liked more extreme outfits. Intense experiences. But now I’m stressed out. It is “death is life”. In other words, there is this “boom” going on inside of me all the time.

Stergios Minaemis, a programmer by profession who was in car 3, seat 51, says: “I order a coffee for 1.5 euros and I know where my courier is, and someone does not know where their entire train is. We will no longer look who is to blame! We will try to change this. All governments are to blame, we know that they are all to blame, no matter what color they are painted. Because everyone had the opportunity to solve the problem, but they do not. From prime minister to responsible member of parliament. They had the opportunity to fulfill their duty, but they did not. Let’s move safely.”

Another courageous child, Michalis Klapsis of Lipsi, a merchant marine student, “confesses”: “The first ‘help’ I heard was from the child’s mother, who was feeding her child at the moment of the collision with the bottle. She lost the child from her arms. I told her, “Calm down, we’ll find the baby,” and in the end we found the baby under my seat.”

And then the “monologues” of 20-year-old Michalis: “We say to the car “take me there”, and it drives us automatically, without putting our hands on the steering wheel. And a train running on rails, that is, without obstacles, collides with another train … I don’t know what to say. The little things show us how far behind we are as a country.”

The Heroes Podcast is still about the promises and assurances of politicians, two decades later, about “a railroad that changes” and “trains that are safe.” “Fake words, loud”, which once again show that “everything around is changing and everything remains the same,” as Nikos Papazoglu used to say.

“Protagonists” also presents figures proving the chronic mismanagement and bribery of the railways, which has cost the Greek people 27 billion euros over the past decades.

Only 16 billion euros of debt written off in 2010 cost twice as much as the five new national roads (Olympia Odos, Aegean Highway, Ionia Odos, E65 and Moreas).

In total, more than 500 million euros have been allocated to ensure the safety of tracks for the DTsT.

The figures for workers hide their truth. If in 2010 there were 2,500 people working on the trains, today there are only 700 of them. The organizational structure of the OGE, approved by the order of the minister, says that 412 station chiefs are required. And the OSE had 206, i.e. half of them. 133 permanent and 73 with block.

And the podcast “closes” with the words of Stavros Theodorakis: “The evil country is to blame.” The slogan – according to the stories – was first written on white cardboard by the children of a school in Attica. It was literally the day after the fatal tragedy. First day of spring.

As much as you want to scream it, you don’t want to believe it.

Because this country is theirs and ours, I would say, to paraphrase the poet.

And someday, not too late, this country will surrender to the children who are now protesting in courtyards and squares. It is optimistic to believe that they will find something better with her. Far from the mistakes of our generation.”

Listen to the entire podcast here