Hungarian Covid-19 deceased Memorial @ Margaret Island, Budapest 28-Aug-2021

29 Aug 2021 · 2 min

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In this brief on‑site narration, Mario Sebok walks viewers through the COVID‑19 memorial on Margaret Island in Budapest. He explains that the memorial consists of individual stones, each marked with a sequential number and the age of the person who died from the virus, noting that the 14,828th stone belongs to a 98‑year‑old and the 14,827th to a 78‑year‑old. Sebok highlights the age distribution—most victims are over 70, with many in their 80s and 90s, a few reaching 100, and a small number of younger individuals (e.g., 34, 39, 59). He comments on the surrounding flowers and the overall beauty of the site, portraying the memorial as a respectful tribute to the over 30,000 Hungarians who died during the pandemic.

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So here we are in this beautiful Margaret Island Park, and here they're celebrating the memory— actually remembering the memory of every person that died in COVID, the 30,000 plus. Here there is a stone for every person, the number of the person that died. This is the 14,828th person. He actually died at 98 years of age. Here's The number 14,827 died at 78 years of age. 62, 77, 78, 89, 68. You can see a lot of people that were a lot— that were already very aged. But what's impressive is there's even people with 97, 91, 98. It's quite 84, and there's some younger, 39, 59, 34, but these are the exceptions. Mostly are beyond 70 and 80 here, 90 some of them are. There's even 100 and something years old. You can tell how beautiful this memorial with all these flowers. It goes all around the park. A good memory of all these beautiful people that have left during this pandemic.