{"id":156623,"date":"2024-11-18T16:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=156623"},"modified":"2024-11-18T16:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:38:27","slug":"instead-of-candles-on-the-cake-we-went-to-the-cemetery-heartbreaking-words-from-grandfather-whose-granddaughters-died-in-novi-sad-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/instead-of-candles-on-the-cake-we-went-to-the-cemetery-heartbreaking-words-from-grandfather-whose-granddaughters-died-in-novi-sad-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;INSTEAD OF CANDLES ON THE CAKE, WE WENT TO THE CEMETERY&#8221;: Heartbreaking words from grandfather whose granddaughters died in Novi Sad tragedy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valentina (9) and Sara Firi\u0107 (5) from Kovilj, along with their grandfather \u0110or\u0111e Firi\u0107 (53), tragically died on November 1 at the Novi Sad Railway Station. Their other grandfather, Branko, gave a heartbreaking account of how their Sunday began in tears, how each day is difficult for them, but yesterday was especially painful, as it was supposed to be their Tina\u2019s 10th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yesterday she would have celebrated her 10th birthday, she was so excited about it, and instead of candles on the cake, we went to the cemetery to light a candle for the girls,&#8221; Branko Mati\u0107 from Loznica, the grandfather of the two girls, barely managed to say through sobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seventeen days have passed since the tragedy that shook the entire country, when a concrete canopy weighing several tons collapsed on 14 people, including children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The youngest victims who did not survive were Valentina and Sara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\t<figure class='wp-block-newspack-blocks-iframe'>\n\t\t<div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper' style=\"height:600px; width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tid = 'newspack-iframe-sJc446QwpUVG'\n\t\t\t\tlayout = 'responsive'\n\t\t\t\theight = '100'\n\t\t\t\twidth = '100'\n\t\t\t\tsrc = 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0iQECYBuMaEeqCVbUsgGPK1FMEN8zdacaiEp6ywx6rM22dQxbVvr7n7bqyBkH3XbRl'\n\t\t\t\tstyle = 'height: 600px; width: 100%;'\n\t\t\t\tframeborder = '0'\n\t\t\t\tallowfullscreen\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tconst iframe = document.getElementById(\"newspack-iframe-sJc446QwpUVG\");\n\t\tconst timerId = setInterval( function() {\n\t\t\t\tiframe.src = iframe.src;\n\t\t\t}, 2000 );\n\n\t\tiframe.onload = function() {\n\t\t\tclearInterval(timerId);\n\t\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instead of Cake and Candles, the Day Was Spent at the Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grandfather Branko, marking the birthday of one of their beloved granddaughters, shared a devastating account of how every new day is a struggle for them, and how especially hard it was on Sunday, the day they should have been celebrating the birth of their first granddaughter together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Our Sunday started in tears, just like every day, but today was especially hard. Our Tina was supposed to celebrate her 10th birthday, she was so happy about it, it seems like for months she had been talking only about the celebration and her friends, and now she\u2019s gone, unable to blow out 10 candles on the cake. She and her sister never lived to see it, and they had just begun their lives,&#8221; said the grieving grandfather, through tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the morning, they went together to the church to light a candle for the souls of their beloved ones who perished, and as he described, the girls&#8217; parents spent the day at the village cemetery in Kovilj, where Tina and Sara are buried alongside their grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not a day goes by without hearing from the girls\u2019 father. Today, he spent the whole day at the cemetery with his ex-wife. Our hearts are breaking for what they are going through, and we are suffering with them. Valentina and Sara&#8217;s mother is in very bad shape, while their father is somehow still holding on, it seems like he hasn\u2019t fully realized everything, but when he returns to the empty house, surrounded by the girls\u2019 toys, he\u2019ll realize he is living through a parent\u2019s worst nightmare. It is a great sorrow to experience this,&#8221; said the interviewee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Nightmare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Branko was, in fact, waiting for the Firi\u0107 family to visit him, to celebrate the second day of the feast of Saint Luke. He was eagerly expecting his two granddaughters, only to soon learn of the tragedy at the railway station, where they were supposed to leave from on that fateful November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Immediately, I got in the car with my wife and headed to Novi Sad. 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