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Artist Pierre Isacsson sang his smash hit “Then I go down to my basement” and held the karaoke competition as the host of a cruise ship on M / S Estonia on September 27, 1994.
At the time, Ludvig Isacsson was nine years old. Remember I didn’t want Dad to go to work.
Witnesses later said that the artist handed over life jackets and helped people in lifeboats before he drowned himself.
At his home in Gånghester, on the outskirts of Borås, were his wife Eva Isacsson and three children.
– An event like this is something that changes the entire course of life. It brings with it thoughts that never go away, with all the questions out there about handling, research, and the sinking process.
Ludvig Isacsson has followed in his father’s footsteps and is today a musician himself. The anniversary of the disaster is a difficult date.
– You think a lot more and break a lot of what has happened over the years, he says.
“The accident came to color his life”
852 people died in the ferry disaster. Pierre Isacsson’s body was found early. It was one of 95 bodies rescued and the family was able to bury it.
A month ago his wife Eva Isacsson, 69, passed away, ill for a long time.
– She did not get an answer and the accident came to color her life with great force.
Eva Isacsson was convinced that new information would arrive later: that at some point she would receive answers to all her questions about the accident.
On Monday, there were reports that a film crew had found damage to the Estonian hull. Foreign Minister Ann Linde has stated that Sweden will investigate together with Estonia and Finland.
Estoniakatastrofen 1994
It was on the night of September 27, 1994 that the M / S Estonia left the port of Tallinn for Stockholm.
At 00.24 Swedish time, the ferry sent the Mayday emergency call. A short time later, the cruise ferry sank south of Finnish Utö.
852 people died, 501 were Swedes.
According to the conclusion of the Accident Investigation Board, the brackets and locks of the Estonian bow visor were undersized, causing it to open during the storm and the water to enter.
Watch the Memorial Day video 25 years after the disaster.
