A month before my Dad died in 1987 the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered a nuclear explosion that killed between 4,000 and 90,000 people immediately and prematurely. After our mini adventure Claudia suggested we watch the fifth and final episode of the recent series on the accident. It was pretty compelling.
The main character is the scientist who bucked the Soviet security state’s insistence that he deny the government’s role in the tragedy.
Among his last words before committing suicide were these that I find striking with our prevaricating President still in office:
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth.”
The official death toll according to the Soviets who trained Vladimir Putin how to run a country has remained unchanged since 1987. It is 31.
