{"id":37457,"date":"2011-04-26T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T01:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=37457"},"modified":"2011-04-26T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T01:13:15","slug":"25-years-ago-today-the-chernobyl-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/25-years-ago-today-the-chernobyl-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"The liquidators"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37458\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/600+chernobyl_liquidators_monument.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/600+chernobyl_liquidators_monument.jpg?resize=600%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"600+chernobyl_liquidators_monument\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/600+chernobyl_liquidators_monument.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/600+chernobyl_liquidators_monument.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of a monument to &quot;liquidators&quot; (R, front), emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with a sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background; March 31, 2011. Photo: Reuters\/Gleb Garanich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>In a strange coincidence, I was able to have a video chat with Anatoly this morning for the first time ever. He lives in the Ukraine, but I did not realize today was the Chernobyl anniversary until a bit later. It may &#8216;mean&#8217; nothing, but I can&#8217;t help but keep thinking about that first face-and-voice meeting and its timing; he and I are both in the age range most of the &#8220;liquidators&#8221; were 25 years ago. &#8211; amanda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a strange coincidence, I was able to have a video chat with Anatoly this morning for the first time ever. He lives in the Ukraine, but I did not realize today was the Chernobyl anniversary until a bit later. It may &#8216;mean&#8217; nothing, but I can&#8217;t help but keep thinking about that first face-and-voice &#8230; <a title=\"The liquidators\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/25-years-ago-today-the-chernobyl-disaster\/\" aria-label=\"More on The liquidators\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}