Former WBC cruiserweight champion Grigory Drozd in a conversation with , he told how he donated blood at a donation center to help victims of the tragedy at Crocus City Hall near Moscow.
World and European champion Elena Savelyeva with her husband, Honored Boxing Coach of Russia Nikolai Podyapolsky, multiple world and European champion Sofia Ochigava and Drozd arrived together on Saturday morning at the Gavrilov Blood Center in Moscow .
— It’s difficult to find the words. A terrible tragedy has occurred. I don’t even dare to name these people (those responsible for the terrorist attack). They are non-humans, animals and trash. What they did is unimaginable. And on Saturday morning, the Council of Champions of the Russian Boxing Federation and I did not remain indifferent and went to donate blood. At all blood collection centers, queues stretch for kilometers. People stand hundreds of meters away in the rain and wind, but they remain calm and wait their turn. Everyone wants to help in one way or another. The orderlies pass and ask who has a negative Rh factor… As I understand it, people with such a Rh factor are urgently needed, they stand in line. Everyone stands in line with pain in their hearts… Such a tragedy shocked the whole of Russia. Everyone is trying to help in one way or another… The Russian Boxing Federation showed such initiative, I immediately responded. We donated blood. “I express my condolences to the families and friends of those killed in this terrible tragedy,” Drozd told .
On Friday evening, unknown assailants opened fire on the Crocus town hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, where a concert by the band Picnic was to take place. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, 133 people died as a result of the attack. The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee has opened criminal proceedings regarding the terrorist attack.
Source : MatchTV
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