At least 39 dead and dozens injured in high-speed train crash in Spain as witnesses describe horror

For now, Spain mourns. Names are being released slowly. Funerals are being planned. Communities are rallying around the bereaved with vigils, flowers, and quiet solidarity. The investigations will conclude, reforms may follow, but none of it can undo the loss of the lives that were taken that night.

What remains are the voices of those who survived, the grief of those who didn’t, and a nation forced to face how quickly normal life can collapse into horror. One journey. One moment. And dozens of families forever changed.