A sunny June morning in the distant year of 1981. Only a few more days until the end of the school year. On this 16th of June, the area around the school is bustling. Several classes are going on a long-awaited trip.
These days, students can hardly wait. It's an experience for them, an adventure. The third-grade students are the most excited. They crowd around the teacher, listening to the last pieces of advice from their parents – they are setting off on their first real excursion.
They impatiently await the arrival of the bus. Finally, it arrives. They say goodbye to their parents, excited and happy, taking their seats. The buses depart.
In the first bus are the students of III1 and III4 classes. They sit quietly and contentedly – their teachers are with them, and they are looking forward to Novi Sad, Fruška Gora, Kamenica – an exciting day ahead. The bus speeds along the road – but unfortunately, it won't get far. Between Bečej and Bačko Gradište, the unfulfilled dream of the "great excursion" ends.
The sound of shattering glass, children's screams, cries, blood – and there the journey ends. As hurried help is provided to the crying, bloodied little passengers, they look for their teacher Biljana Marinkov.
She always responded to them, following their every move with her warm and caring gaze of a teacher, but also a mother. Their teacher Biljana was the best teacher in the world, and they call out for her, searching for her. Only this morning, she did not respond.
Minutes pass, long as eternity. It is checked to see if all the students are there – but in this call, Mirjana Matić, Verica Horvat, Mirko Avramov did not respond. Their children's dreams, carefree lives were forever cut short there on that fateful curve.
June is approaching again, the days are being counted until the end of the school year, excursions are being planned. Life must prevail, but the memories of Mirko, Verica, Mirjana, and their dear teacher Biljana, with whom they set off on an excursion from which they did not return, will never fade.
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