Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month after the fatal Germanwings crash in the French Alps, around 500 grief-stricken family-members of the victims attended a state memorial service in Cologne. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck were among the congregation in the German city, also home to the Germanwings headquarters. IN PICTURES: #Germany mourns #4U9525 http://t.co/iR9MRObYyn lufthansa germanwings pic.twitter.com/cRhJfEdyTx— DW (English) (@dw_english) April 17, 2015 Gauck, a former pastor, had tears in his eyes as he prepared to address the congregation. “Sadness and pain need time until we can feel some comfort and we can move on in our lives,” he said. “Until then, the only thing that helps is knowing and feeling that we’re not alone, that we feel that somebody is accompanying us and carrying us.” Relatives remember their loved ones at moving Germanwings memorial in Cologne http://t.co/yJlOt1WUrG pic.twitter.com/bFQnEzcPuq— Mashable (@mashable) April 17, 2015 Candles w