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| [00:00.00] | Thousands of people, many visibly shocked, |
| [00:02.72] | have gathered outside of the presidential palace |
| [00:04.71] | in the Polish capital Warsaw |
| [00:06.02] | after President Lech Kaczynski |
| [00:07.88] | and dozens of top officials were killed |
| [00:09.50] | in a plane crash in western Russia. |
| [00:11.00] | The Prime Minister Donald Tusk |
| [00:12.92] | called the crash the most tragic event |
| [00:15.22] | in Poland's recent history. |
| [00:16.53] | The plane came down in a forest |
| [00:18.27] | as it's trying to land in fog at Smolensk airport. |
| [00:20.76] | There were no survivors. |
| [00:22.19] | Adam Easton reports from Warsaw. |
| [00:24.56] | Thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace |
| [00:27.29] | in Warsaw in a spontaneous show of mourning. |
| [00:30.78] | Families, young and old, brought flowers. |
| [00:33.95] | Others lit candles. |
| [00:35.44] | The pavement in front of the building |
| [00:37.25] | is carpeted with flickering flames. |
| [00:39.36] | The scale of the disaster is unprecedented - |
| [00:42.41] | not just the president, |
| [00:44.09] | but most of the commanders of the armed forces, |
| [00:46.33] | many leaders from the country's main opposition party |
| [00:49.06] | and senior state and church officials died in the crash. |