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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Greg har finally kommit in på en dator o updaterat
It was a view from a postcard that turned into a nightmare. This morning at 9am driving on our tour bus from a show in Bologna, Italy to Paris, France, we woke up somewhere in the Swiss Alps to the smell of toxic smoke and the serious tone of our tour manager saying three words you never want to hear: "Bus on Fire." Within seconds all band members (including support act My Passion), crew and guests were standing shirtless and shoeless on the side of the winding road as the entire 2-story 45ft bus became fully engulfed in flames. Windows began bursting from the heat and there were several large explosions. It took Swiss firefighters less than 15 minutes to respond to the blaze, but by that time the bus and virtually all of the bands possessions were lost: luggage, clothes, passports, wallets, laptops, shoes, phones, and countless irreplaceable sentimental personal items.
We stood, surrounded by snowcapped mountains, watching the scene in disbelief, comforting one another as the blaze was battled. It took 2 hours before we were permitted to sift through the blackened shell of the bus in a vain attempt to retrieve anything that may have survived. Finally, we were all taken by charter to the tiny Swiss village of Airolo where I write you now from a tiny hotel.
The official cause of the fire will remain unknown until after tomorrow's investigation. Fortunately, aside from smoke inhalation and shock, everyone is fine, as is our trailer of gear and merchandise. Half of us still have no shoes, but we are all warm in Kill Hannah hoodies and tshirts.
The hotel has a bar, and an accordian, so we will try to keep spirits high while we await our replacement bus from Manchester, England.
We are very sorry to have to cancel both our Paris and Belgian dates, but we expect to be in Stoke On Trent in time for Thursday's show.
We want to thank the KH fans, our friends, our crew, our management, The Hotel Des Alpes, the staff at Ristorante Cristallina, and all the Swiss Emergency personnel for helping us through this traumatic day.
Annons
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Anonymous
Wed 22 Oct 2008 19:19
oj oj oj....
detta är bara overkliget!!
fan tänk hur illa det kunde ha gått!?
o så sitter de iklädda sin egen merch... lite gulligt ändå i allt elände..
detta är bara overkliget!!
fan tänk hur illa det kunde ha gått!?
o så sitter de iklädda sin egen merch... lite gulligt ändå i allt elände..
Minus Ljungström
Wed 22 Oct 2008 19:20
tänk om dom typ skrivit "och alla klarade sig inte. mer info senare"
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