community copes with the shocking loss. good evening. i m adam may. that plane crashed in a location with special ties to baltimore. our city has a national memorial honoring another tragedy that happened in the same place and left thousands of polish soldiers dead. for poland, it is a triple tragedy. reporter: a fiery plane crash in western russia kills almost 100 people shattering poland. officials say the 20- year-old plane appeared to have hit trees in dense fog. the crash site is near the dignitaries destination, the massacre of 20,000 polish officers at the hands of secret service police during world war ii. for those of us of polish heritage, it is a day of unbelievable grief and irony. reporter: senator barbara mikulski was stunned at a service held in inner harbor east. once again, the best and brightest of the polish people perished in the forest. so we need to renew ourselves today that we never forget them. this memorial is now from not only 1940 but