On the morning of January 18, a helicopter crashed in the Kyiv region. During a tragic plane crash, he hit a kindergarten where children were at that time.
Immediately after the tragedy, local residents rushed to save the children. Among them, four high school friends were among the first.
Help the little ones
The teenagers said that they were at the crash site:
- soothing children,
- providing them with the necessary assistance,
- search for their parents,
- helping emergency services.
They brought children into my apartment, calmed them down, provided first aid, fed them, treated them with sweets, – one of the young men said.
To find the relatives of preschoolers, high school students took the surnames and names of the children from the teachers. Thanks to this, they were able to find the parents of four children.
Help for emergency services
Also, according to the guys, cars parked on both sides of the road seriously complicated work of emergency services. Therefore, together with other caring people, they cleared the passage to the institution for ambulances, rescuers and the police. To do this, they dragged the cars that interfered with the passage.
That's where the ambulance and fire department could not pass. We rallied the people and helped pull the cars away from the road so that the service cars could pass,” the high school students said.
What is known about the plane crash: briefly
- On the morning of January 18, the helicopter fell kindergarten and damaged its building. This happened when there were 73 children in the preschool.
- As a result of the tragedy, 25 people were injured, of which 11 were children. Also, unfortunately, there were no casualties. 14 people died, including 1 child.
- Among the victims was the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. So, on board were the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky, his deputy Yevgeny Yenin and the state secretary of the department Yuri Lubkovich.
- Due to the plane crash, an investigation is ongoing under the control of the SBU, which should establish the cause of the tragedy. Currently, several versions are being worked out, including a violation of flight rules and a malfunction of the helicopter itself, as well as deliberate actions that led to the tragedy.
