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File #: 2010-0352    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 4/20/2010 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/20/2010
Enactment date: 4/20/2010 Enactment #: 203
Effective date:    
Title: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That the People of the City of Pittsburgh stand in solidarity with the People of Poland during this time of national tragedy; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the City of Pittsburgh declares today, Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 a City wide day of memoriam in honor of the Polish leadership who died in service of their country en route to Katy?, Russia.
Sponsors: Natalia Rudiak, All Members
Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MS. RUDIAK
Attachments: 1. 2010-0352.doc
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Whereas, on April 10th, 2010 a plane carrying 97 passengers, 88 of which were members of a Polish State Delegation, embarked on a diplomatic mission to Russia; and

Whereas, with Russian leaders, the Polish delegation was to commemorate the Katy? Massacre of 1940 where 22,000 Polish officers were killed by Soviet secret police; and

Whereas, while preparing for landing, the plane crashed, tragically killing all 97 passengers on board; and

Whereas, among those who perished were

LECH KACZY?SKI,
President, Republic of Poland
MARIA KACZY?SKA

RYSZARD KACZOROWSKI
Former President of the Republic of Poland in Exile

Vice Marshals of the Polish Sejm
KRZYSZTOF PUTRA
KRYSTYNA BOCHENEK
JERZY SZMAJDZI?SKI

Government Officials
W?ADYS?AW STASIAK
ALEKSANDER SZCZYG?O
PAWE? WYPYCH
STANIS?AW JERZY KOMOROWSKI
TOMASZ MERTA
MACIEJ P?A?Y?SKI
MARIUSZ KAZANA
GEN. FRANCISZEK G?GOR
MARIUSZ HANDZLIK
ANDRZEJ KREMER
ANDRZEJ PRZEWO?NIK
PIOTR NUROWSKI
JANUSZ KOCHANOWSKI
S?AWOMIR SKRZYPEK
JANUSZ KURTYKA
JANUSZ KRUPSKI

Senators and Representatives
GRZEGORZ DOLNIAK
LESZEK DEPTU?A
GRA?YNA G?SICKA
PRZEMYS?AW GOSIEWSKI
ZBIGNIEW WASSERMANN
SEBASTIAN KARPINIUK
IZABELA JARUGA-NOWACKA
ALEKSANDRA NATALII-?WIAT
ARKADIUSZ RYBICKI
JOLANTA SZYMANEK-DERESZ
WIES?AW WODA
EDWARD WOJTAS
JANINA FETLI?SKA
STANIS?AW ZAJ?C

Members of the Clergy and Religious Orders
KS. GEN. DYWIZJI TADEUSZ P?OSKI,
KS. GEN. BRYGADY MIRON CHODAKOWSKI
KS. P?K ADAM PILCH
KS. PP?K JAN OSI?SKI
KS. ROMAN INDRZEJCZYK
KS. PRA?AT BRONIS?AW GOSTOMSKI
KS. JÓZEF JONIEC
KS. ZDZIS?AW KRÓL
KS. ANDRZEJ KWA?NIK

Heads of the Military
GEN. BRONIS?AW KWIATKOWSKI
GEN. ANDRZEJ B?ASIK
GEN. TADEUSZ BUK
GEN. W?ODZIMIERZ POTASI?SKI
WICEADMIRA? ANDRZEJ KARWETA
GEN. KAZIMIERZ GILARSKI

Family Members of Katy? Massacre Victims
TADEUSZ LUTOBORSKI
STEFAN MELAK
STANIS?AW MIKKE
BRONIS?AWA ORAWIEC-LOFFLER
KATARZYNA PISKORSKA
ANDRZEJ SARJUSZ-SK?PSKI
WOJCIECH SEWERYN
LESZEK SO...

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