Kassam, Ashifa. "German pupils nearly missed doomed Germanwings flight" (Archive). The Guardian. March 25, 2015. Retrieved on March 26, 2015. "In the German town of Haltern, Ulrich Wessel, the headteacher of the Josef-König school, appeared physically shaken as he spoke to reporters about the 16 students and two teachers who were on the Germanwings flight. “Our sympathy goes out to the parents who lost their beloved sons and daughters … This is a tragedy that makes you speechless,” he said. “Earlier I was asked how many pupils there was at the school and I said 1,283, and I had to stop myself because I actually had 16 less than that.”"
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Kassam, Ashifa. "German pupils nearly missed doomed Germanwings flight" (Archive). The Guardian. March 25, 2015. Retrieved on March 26, 2015. "In the German town of Haltern, Ulrich Wessel, the headteacher of the Josef-König school, appeared physically shaken as he spoke to reporters about the 16 students and two teachers who were on the Germanwings flight. “Our sympathy goes out to the parents who lost their beloved sons and daughters … This is a tragedy that makes you speechless,” he said. “Earlier I was asked how many pupils there was at the school and I said 1,283, and I had to stop myself because I actually had 16 less than that.”"
