Լիսաբոնի տրոլեյբուսի դուրս գալը 17 զոհերի պատճառ դարձավ՝ հետաքննություն է ընթանում

"...Shocked, disoriented and unsure of what to do amid all the screaming and crying, the helpers began picking up metal pieces from the ground, wondering if they should try to lift what remained of the car’s main structure in case survivors were trapped beneath it...."

"...I remember looking around – the crying and the screaming gave way to complete silence..."

"...There was a mountain of bodies that were not asking for help. They no longer moved; some were torn apart. I had never seen anything like it...."

"...We wanted to rescue people, to save lives..."

"...But no one was asking for help because they were dead. They were dead in seconds...."

"...I used to take the funicular four times a day [in the 1970s]..."

"...It was a beautiful time, and a different time...."

"...Now they allow more than 40 people aboard, but back then, no more than 20 people could travel at the same time. I think 40 is probably too much, and if they want it that way, they should do periodic inspections every two weeks...."

"...I think that cities that receive a lot of tourists must guarantee high safety [standards] with this kind of infrastructure..."

"...This is old infrastructure, and someone needs to answer for what happened...."

"...In Australia, we have very high-quality regulation systems, and I am not so sure the same is true here in Portugal and for a lot of older infrastructures in Europe..."

"...When I first saw the Glória funicular, it looked very unsafe, but I am not an engineer; it was just a feeling. When I saw the news, I thought, ‘Lucky we ended up staying at the hotel yesterday afternoon, or who knows if we would have ended up deciding to take the ride’...."

"...Since we saw what happened, we can’t stop thinking that it could have been us if we hadn’t changed our minds..."

"...I don’t think this will affect tourism much..."

"...Spain has a similar situation with overtourism, and now we are having a serious issue with pickpocketing, and foreigners know and that hasn’t stopped them...."

"...In a few weeks, he said, foreigners would probably have forgotten about all this. Portuguese people won’t, but tourists will...."