There was singing, dancing and survivors made speeches. Nienke Tol dedicated a poem titled My sister, on dealing with the loss. Reed Martens wore a poem about life as a survivor of the disaster entitled The shine is off.

Evert van Zijtveld Foundation Vliegramp MH17 said at the beginning of the commemoration that the meeting a sense of gives togetherness. He also said that two victims have not been found and that it is hard for the family.

While reading out the names of the victims came survivors emotions. That also happened to show off pictures of the passengers of the Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines which was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte was also at the commemoration ceremony at the invitation of the relatives. Rutte came to support the bereaved. He did not speak.

Last year, the commemoration in Nieuwegein. This time the meeting in Expo Haarlemmermeer in Vijfhuizen, near the spot where the survivors in 2017 will unveil the memorial in memory of the victims.

These are a great wall of six meters high and 25 meters long. The wall symbolizes the gravity of the loss. In the middle is an ‘eye’, a hole where sunlight comes through. That symbolizes hope. The victims’ names are engraved on the wall.

Exactly two years after the disaster, there is still uncertainty for the families. The Dutch Safety Board concluded last year that the drone was shot down by a Buk missile. But the criminal investigation into who is responsible, is still ongoing.

The first results will be presented after the summer. The road to a trial of those responsible is far