Sad events continue to unfold in Russia and Poland. The body of Lech Kaczynski — who died in a politically mind-boggling airplane crash that killed Poland’s president, its leading opposition politicians, and the entire command of the armed forces — has been returned home.
Here’s a news feed that shows the depature from Russia:
And here’s the scene as the body arrived in Poland:
Here’s another report:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.