Toxic red sludge that leaked from a reservoir in Hungary reached the Danube, Europe's second largest river, on Thursday as emergency officials worked to contain as much of the leak as possible.
"It is a huge tragedy for the whole country," said Anna Nagy, a Hungarian Disaster Management offical. "We love the Danube, we're very proud of the Danube and we tried to protect it."
"I hope we can save the life in the river," she said.
Read full article: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/07/hungary.toxic/index.html
How ironic!
Click here to see a photo of a "Moving memorial to Jews who were shot and thrown into the Danube."
Click here to read a poem about the Danube titled "Red River."
The second video posted below left me shivering.
Very powerful post...
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