GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: While French investigators continue looking for clues in the Concorde crash, trying to determine whether a blown-out tire caused it, in Germany nearly 2,000 people turned out for a memorial service. It took place in the small town that lost 13 of its citizens to the tragedy. More from CNN's Matthew Chance.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A solemn parade of grieving families in despair of their loss. These are the people closest to the victims of the Concorde crash gathering here to remember their dead. For some, those memories are too painful to bear.</s>MONIKA BARTSCH, MAYOR: It's a tragedy for the relatives of the people who died in the Concorde, and it's a tragedy for our city: 13 people died in this airplane and it's a big tragedy.</s>CHANCE: Across the square, reminders of the luxury holiday that went so tragically wrong. These mourners are standing outside the travel agency where the local victims all booked their flights. Business continues, but the office has been closed for the service. Organizers say more than a thousand people came from across the city and beyond to offer condolences and to show their personal support. (on camera): Inside the church, no cameras or press, only family and friends, and members of the grieving public. For many this is an intensely private memorial and the first opportunity for this town to publicly grieve its loss. (voice-over): And the town came out to stand in silence as the memorial service was under way.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): It's very sad. It makes you realize how fast everything can change in life. I mean, these were well-known people.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): We will never forget them but life does need to go on.</s>CHANCE: And as the people of this town try to come to terms with their loss, many are comforted that this tragedy has at least brought people together in grief. Matthew Chance, CNN, Moenchengladbach, Germany.
German Town Mourns Its Dead From the Concorde Crash