EGYPT: MASS HELD AT THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH IN MAADI, CAIRO, FOR VICTIMS OF THE SHARM EL SHEIKH AIRCRASH.

Record ID: 648108

  • Title: EGYPT: MASS HELD AT THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH IN MAADI, CAIRO, FOR VICTIMS OF THE SHARM EL SHEIKH AIRCRASH.
  • Date: 8th January 2004
  • Summary: (U6) CAIRO, EGYPT (JANUARY 8, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. NIGHT/TILT DOWN/EXTERIOR OF THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH IN MAADI WITH PEOPLE PRAYING INSIDE. 0.08 2. CU: RELIGIOUS MOSAIC IN CHURCH 0.14 3. MV/SCU/INTERIOR: PEOPLE SIGNING IN BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. (2 SHOTS) 0.21 4. CU/PAN/INTERIOR: PEOPLE LIGHTING ABOUT 200 CANDLES ON FLOOR. 0.34 5. VARIOUS/INTERIOR: MASS IN PROGRESS, PRIEST CELEBRATING MASS. (6 SHOTS) 1.35 6. PAN/INTERIOR: CONGREGATION DURING MASS. 1.45 7. MV: PRIESTS DURING MASS. 1.52 8. VARIOUS/INTERIOR: CONGREGATION/ CANDLES. (4 SHOTS) 2.28 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2004 12:00
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  • Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVAA8ZJRXBHPG2HTNF5RHVG6ZTH3
  • Story Text: Memorial service held in Cairo for victims of Sharm
    el-Sheikh air crash


    About 500 people from the French community attended
    a mass on Thursday (January 8) at the Holy Family Church in
    Maadi in memory of the victims of Sharm el-Sheikh aircrash.

    Earlier more than 100 mourners attended a
    cross-religious service in the Red Sea resort, followed by
    a memorial at sea. The French Foreign Minister Dominique de
    Villepin, who was also in Egypt, said his government would
    do all it could to support the victims and families of
    those involved.

    Of those who died, 134 were French. About 122 of their
    relatives attended, travelling to and from Egypt on a
    French government-chartered plane on, reportedly
    accompanied by doctors and grief counsellors.

    After the services the Moslem community in Sharm
    el-Sheikh held prayers in memory of the victims.

    The names of the victims were inscribed on a marble
    monument at the site.







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