Goodbye “eagle”! Hearts broke at the funeral of undefeated paratrooper Costas Meligonis – Newsbomb – News

In the embrace of the Greek land rests from noon on Saturday (05/09) paratrooper Costas Meligonis, who tragically died during a night exercise at Megara.

The “eagle” of Ilia, who loved his homeland and the Armed Forces wanted to fly, Leaving behind his family who loved him very much and his colleagues surprised to wonder what went wrong during the demanding exercise and the 34-year-old found himself off the field.

They were all there for Kostas. Family, friends, colleagues, the political and military leadership were at IN Agias Efthymias in N. Chalkidona to “overtake” the Greek command, on a flight that will not return.

Those “present” at the funeral of the unfortunate 34-year-old man were, among others, the Minister of Defense Mr. Nikos Panagiotopoulos, the Chief of the General Staff Konstantinos Floros and the Honorary Lieutenant General Iakovos Tsounis, the youngest veteran of the Second World War.

A tragic figure is the mother of Kostas Meligonis, who, supported by her other son, screamed “My lavender.”

In the word “immortal”, after the end of the funeral speech, hearts were broken, to the loud applause of all to … dub even the coolest.

The wreaths in memory of the 34 years were sent by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the President of the Republic, Ms. Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou, the President of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras and the President of KINAL, Fofi Gennimata.

See images of the funeral procession in the gallery below:

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Mourning in the village of Havari in Ilia, where 34-year-old Sergeant EPOP comes from.

Costas, 34 He was the youngest of the two children in the family.

He lived permanently in N. Philadelphia, where his funeral took place at the Holy Temple of St. Efthymias, while he will be interred in the Kokkinos Mylos Cemetery.

See photos of the unfortunate 34-year-old in the gallery below:

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The chronicle of the tragedy

The Armed Forces are mourning the loss of the paratrooper who was blown away by the winds after an overnight exercise in Megara, finally losing his life on Friday.

It all started Thursday night when the paratrooper lost after strong winds.

During a night exercise conducted by the special department of paratroopers in Megara, The 34-year-old was found outside the launch zone and fell into a swamp.

After some time, the army forces located him and transferred him to the 401 military hospital. However, his injuries were serious, as a result of which the unfortunate 34-year-old succumbed to them.

According to sources National Defense Staff, the incident happened On the night of September 3-4, 2020, Sergeant EPOP (PZ) of the Interdisciplinary Special Operations Command Unit was fatally injured during a night ground operation free jump.

The Armed Forces express their deepest condolences to his family. The causes and circumstances of the accident are duly investigated.

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