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Today marks 20 years since 11M, the jihadist attack that caused 192 deaths and 1,856 injuries.
On the morning of March 11, 2004 (11M), ten bombs with timers, placed on four suburban trains bound for Atocha station, exploded a few minutes apart, causing 192 deaths of 17 nationalities and nearly 2,000 injuries. in the bloodiest jihadist attack of the 21st century in Europe.
The twentieth anniversary of 11M is commemorated this Monday, with several events throughout Spain, within the framework of the European Day of Victims of Terrorism, established in memory of the victims of that tragic day.
At the Atocha station, the epicenter of the attacks, passersby paid their respects before a cobalt blue underground memorial inaugurated the day before, replacing a previous one that had been dismantled due to work to expand a metro line.
At the place where the bombs exploded 20 years ago, the relatives of the victims, but also anonymous citizens, placed flowers, candles, or portraits of those who lost their lives.
I personally remember the news as something shocking.
I don't live near Madrid, but I remember hearing the news on the bus, on the way to school, when I was only 13 years old, around 8 AM, although at that time there was no talk of the number of victims, nor the magnitude of what happened.
I also remember that that same morning, a teacher told us that what had happened on that train was not a simple explosion but that there was something more, terrorism and politics, and that it had to do with the war that Spain supported, (despite that months back there were hundreds of "NO WAR" demonstrations throughout Spain, asking the president, at the time, not to support the USA in the war) and that those were the consequences.
I also remember that for days there was nothing else on TV.
Another thing that I remember with great impact was seeing the photos of the bodies leaked from Ogrish, and the videos from the security cameras at the time of the explosions, where people were screaming and running away, but without knowing where they were going another bomb was going to explode.
The twentieth anniversary of 11M is commemorated this Monday, with several events throughout Spain, within the framework of the European Day of Victims of Terrorism, established in memory of the victims of that tragic day.
At the Atocha station, the epicenter of the attacks, passersby paid their respects before a cobalt blue underground memorial inaugurated the day before, replacing a previous one that had been dismantled due to work to expand a metro line.
At the place where the bombs exploded 20 years ago, the relatives of the victims, but also anonymous citizens, placed flowers, candles, or portraits of those who lost their lives.
I don't live near Madrid, but I remember hearing the news on the bus, on the way to school, when I was only 13 years old, around 8 AM, although at that time there was no talk of the number of victims, nor the magnitude of what happened.
I also remember that that same morning, a teacher told us that what had happened on that train was not a simple explosion but that there was something more, terrorism and politics, and that it had to do with the war that Spain supported, (despite that months back there were hundreds of "NO WAR" demonstrations throughout Spain, asking the president, at the time, not to support the USA in the war) and that those were the consequences.
I also remember that for days there was nothing else on TV.
Another thing that I remember with great impact was seeing the photos of the bodies leaked from Ogrish, and the videos from the security cameras at the time of the explosions, where people were screaming and running away, but without knowing where they were going another bomb was going to explode.
