Dusseldorf - Never before has spoken Helmut Rohn (82) on the night of the explosion.
But now, after finally has realized that homeowners must be low Heinz to prison, he remembers the disaster in the EXPRESS Krahe on the road.
Since 1953, Helmut Rohn resides in Krahe Straße 10 It is the house next to the building, the Netherlands and Udo Heinz Schmitz at night to 24 July by a manipulation of the gas pipeline to explode and thus brought about the collapse. Six people died at that time.
"It has Gerum quite violently. When I woke up I could see the sky, "says Rohn. In his attic apartment, the ceiling had been torn open. Rohn survived unhurt. "Finally, justice has triumphed," says the 82-year-old for the confirmation of the sentence of Lower. The memory of the 24th July will never let go of him. "After that the road was no longer the same. Many people have moved away. "
Or newly collected. For example, in the old building on the site of unexploded newly built house. "That does not bother me. The flat is good, "says Joseph Hürländer neighbors. Of low and the process he wants to hear any more: "I do not care, after so many years."
Antonio Groe must, however currently back often think of that fateful night. "I ran over 20 minutes before the explosion still in the house," recalls the former Trattoria-host. "Down was my regular, really a very nice person. But it is good that he now has to go to jail. "
Neighbor Thomas Haas sees the impact of the blast at his residence. "There are cracks in the house since then and in the home. They regularly appear under the plaster again. "The address Krahe road makes even twelve years after the disaster still for inquiries. "Above all, from taxi drivers," says Rita Spina, who lives for over 30 years here. "And again we see people who say to stop before the number 8 and say: 'Here is the house fly in the air!", "Groe.
