bigdog17k Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Magic’s Gortat honors Polish president-------CLEVELAND (AP)—Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat(notes) of Poland is paying tribute to his homeland’s president, who was killed along with 95 others in a plane crash in Russia. Gortat’s father knew President Lech Kaczynski. Gortat wrote the number of the fatal flight on his sneakers before the Magic played the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. He also has Kaczynski’s name written on tape on his wrist. Gortat says he learned of the crash through text messages Saturday. Kaczynski and dozens of political, military and religious leaders were killed in the crash. They were traveling to Russia to honor 22,000 Polish officers slain by the Soviet secret police in 1940.--Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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