Citizens remember the day of the bombing, seek not to forget history

They say this will be the day, which will remain in their memory forever while calling on history not to be forgotten.

Hajriz Beqiri, who had moved to Mitrovica at the time, relates the experiences of that day, while he is speaking critically, since most people have forgotten the story. He says who is reluctant to recognise this date does not want the best for Kosovo.

I remember as a historic day, the happiest in the history of the Albanian people, to save people from an unprecedented genocide on landland that the Serbian paramilitary army has had to make. This date should be remembered by young people with many and to listen to the history of the ancestors and read more because it is the most important date of the Albanian people. The date of establishment that day of the Albanian people... I was moved from my native Mitrovica. We have been following him with great satisfaction and the greatest joy”, he said.

This day is still remembered by Fadil River, which in early spring 1999 was standing in the neighborhood of “Ulpiana” in Pristina.

I was here, in the apartment I was in “Ulpiana” We have been waiting for him with great joy. And we've had it without a very high hope at that moment. We knew freedom was too close. Here comes freedom... So far we have worked very little, we have despised the good of NATO and the EU. That's when the day came, he said.

For Avdyl Tolajn 24 March 1999 it is the happiest day, even though it hasn't been in Kosovo. It shows that by that time the country was lost and that NATO intervention had sparked hope for the population.

I was in Tirana, I shot there. And then we came here. I didn't believe until I saw all the TVs that gave it as news of the miracle”, he tells of Kosovas.

In the years of '98 and '99, Faik Mehmet is reminding them of the most horrible time in history. He expresses concern over how all such experiences have been forgotten.

That day I was home, the most terrified day there was none to me... We're not remembering the war, we forgot. She was and people have forgotten her a lot. Especially the new generation, she has forgotten too much. I experience it as if it were tomorrow... We've been to the “Trima Framework” when the bombings occurred. I felt bad because I knew there was a big horror, a war. I am very upset not for myself, but for the people”, he tells of KosovaPress.

On 24 March 1999, US and NATO air strikes were launched against Serbia's military and police forces. That same day, 42nd US President Bill Clinton addressed the American nation's White House on the occasion. He had said that at this time they are seeing innocent people forced out of their homes, and people placed in front of firing platoons and firing bullets.