They died trapped by the flames, Wednesday August 9, 2023, in Wintzenheim, in Alsace, where they were staying for the holidays. After the tragedy and the first elements of the investigation comes the time of meditation, particularly in the regions of origin of the victims of this tragedy. The president of the AEIM (Adults and Mentally Disabled Children) of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Denis Renaud, describes his association as a “bereaved family”devastated by the loss of four of its residents. Jennyfer, Claude, Jimmy and Jerome. Four victims of the terrible fire, who previously lived in this home and who worked in Esat (Establishment and Service of Help through Work). These people with mild disabilities were in “relative autonomy”specifies the president of the AEIM to the Huffington Post.
Different place, same pain
Similar sadness at the Robert Gautier home in Amnéville, Moselle. Bouquets of roses were placed in front of the entrance to the center, where three of Wintzenheim’s victims resided. The Association of parents of maladjusted children has lost a total of four of its members: Jérôme, Fatima, Laure and Marcelle. “They were there every night, they ate there every day… We mourn them and we will always mourn them”, told the president of the association, Jean-Claude Jacoby, to AFP. A tribute to the victims will be paid this Sunday, August 13, 2023 during the mass in Saint-Joseph d’Amnéville. In Wintzenheim, The Parisian met Sarah, the sister of one of the victims of the fire. The 30-year-old went there after learning the terrible news on Wednesday August 9 in the afternoon. His brother, Didier (whose first name has been changed) “was 33 years old and he had a slight mental deficiency. Didier had neither a wife nor a child and I think he must have been very happy to go on vacation to Alsace” she confided to our colleagues. A vacation that finally turned tragic. In the Alsatian village, a psychological help cell has been set upespecially for the families of the victims.