Our 10th anniversary

Ten years have passed since that tragic day on October 8, 2001, but the memories vividly remain with us every day of our lives.

Nearly 200 family members of the foreign victims will be joining us for this year’s commemoration.

Once again, we want to spend this day of remembrance and contemplation together, surrounded by the great love and affection that unites us.

 

Here is the program for the ceremonies:

 

Wednesday, September 28, at 10:00 a.m.

Pope Benedict XVI has benevolently accepted our request and will receive us at the Papal Audience for the public on Wednesdays.

 

Thursday, October 6 

 Extraordinary City Council Meeting 

An “Extraordinary City Council Meeting” will be held in memory of the Linate disaster on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of City Hall in Milan

You are all invited to attend.

Saturday, October 8

• 8:10 a.m. Ceremony at Linate Airport (only for family members of the victims)      

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  • Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, will celebrate the Mass.
  • Music will be performed by the Choir of the Duomo of Milan. 
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• 11:00 a.m. Transfer by bus for the visit to Bosco dei Faggi. After flowers are laid on the markers and the candle is lit, Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia, Lombardy Region President Roberto Formigoni, SAS President Mats Jansson, and SEA President Giuseppe Bonomi will speak.

A moment of silence will follow.  

For the 10^th anniversary of the accident, journalist Fabrizio Tumolillo wrote the lyrics of a song “A saperlo prima” [If I only knew beforehand] by singer-songwriter Riccardo Maffoni.

Riccardo will perform the song for the first time at Bosco dei Faggi.

As usual, SEA is actively involved in organizing this commemoration and will provide the buses for everyone that morning.   

                             

 Sunday, October 9

Once again, the city of Milan is offering the La Scala Opera House to commemorate the 10^th anniversary.

The concert will begin at 3:30 p.m. with this program:

La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Conductor

Roland Böer

 

Richard Wagner

Siegfried-Idyll in E major WWV 103

for chamber orchestra

 

Carl Maria von Weber

Der Freischütz Overture

 

Intermission

 

Concerto n. 4 in G Major op. 58

For piano and orchestra

Mariangela Vacatello, piano

 

We are deeply grateful to Mayor Giuliano Pisapia, the entire city council of Milan, and La Scala management for giving us this great opportunity.

 

Monday, October 10 

 1^st EDITION OF THE MEMORIAL HONORS PRIZE

As you all know, the Milan City Council is sponsoring a €6,000.00 honors prize in memory of the victims of the Linate disaster of October 8, 2001.

The prize will be given to a young graduate or researcher who has studied airline transportation safety.

The prize will be awarded on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Milan City Hall (Palazzo Marino, Piazza della Scala).

You are all invited to attend.