Munich widows make final call for silent moment
With only two days until the opening of the 2012 London Olympics, two Munich Olympic widows will make a final call to the International Olympic Committee to hold a public minute of silence for the 11 Israelis murdered at the 1972 Games.
Ankie Spitzer and Ilana Romano – whose husbands, fencing coach Andrei Spitzer and weightlifter Yossef Romano, were killed by terrorists along with nine of their teammates – will again ask IOC President Jacque Rogge to grant the minute during the opening ceremony of the London Games on Friday.
The widows were scheduled to present Rogge and the IOC on Tuesday evening with a petition that has gathered more than 103,000 signatures requesting the organization honor the memory of the men with a minute of silence.
The petition was started by Spitzer and Romano in conjunction with the Jewish Community Center of Rockland County, New York, and has sparked an outpouring of support from around the world, including legislative and government action in Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Italy, the UK, Germany and others.
Ankie Spitzer and Ilana Romano – whose husbands, fencing coach Andrei Spitzer and weightlifter Yossef Romano, were killed by terrorists along with nine of their teammates – will again ask IOC President Jacque Rogge to grant the minute during the opening ceremony of the London Games on Friday.
The widows were scheduled to present Rogge and the IOC on Tuesday evening with a petition that has gathered more than 103,000 signatures requesting the organization honor the memory of the men with a minute of silence.
The petition was started by Spitzer and Romano in conjunction with the Jewish Community Center of Rockland County, New York, and has sparked an outpouring of support from around the world, including legislative and government action in Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Italy, the UK, Germany and others.