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A year later, Lac-Megantic mayor urges town to turn page on ‘horror’ of disaster

July 6, 20143:16 AM The Canadian Press0 Comments

LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. – More than 1,000 people marched in solemn silence early this morning along the edge of Lac-Megantic’s railroad as they remembered last year’s deadly train disaster.

They began the walk after observing a moment of silence at 1:15 a.m. — the exact moment on this day last year when a runaway train derailed in the centre of the Quebec town and exploded in a series of cataclysmic fireballs killing 47 people.

Though a year has passed, the emotional scars in the community remain as deep as the physical damage that’s still so apparent on the local landscape.

The walk followed a midnight mass and a moving speech by Mayor Colette Roy Laroche.

Roy Laroche urged townsfolk to turn the page on the tragedy and look to the future — but to never forget.

The Lac-Megantic church will hold another Roman Catholic mass later this morning — a service expected to attract dignitaries including Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard.

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