COSTELLO: The first victims of that Russian airliner crash have arrived home in St. Petersburg. And it's this haunting photo that's spreading on social media who -- that is touching everyone's heart. It shows the youngest crash victim, 10-month old Darina Gromova, in St. Petersburg before she and her parents boarded that ill-fated -- or that doomed flight to Egypt. At the St. Petersburg Airport, a memorial has strung up, piled with flowers and candles and children's toys. CNN's Nic Robertson is there. Hi, Nic.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol. People have been showing up here all day to leave flowers, to leave toys. A lot of them bringing children. We've talked to some of those families. They just feel grief stricken and they feel -- and they know that it could have been them on board that flight. They say they want to show sympathy and support. Often, at times, you look around here, you see several people crying, grown men among them. It is a very tough time. But, of course, the toughest day for the families today. Some of the bodies brought home, 144 bodies brought back here. And those family members taken to a morgue by government officials today to begin the identification progress. The airline company itself says there was nothing wrong with the plane. There were no reports of problems prior. It passed all its mechanical checks. They are saying that there was an outside -- some outside force, some external thing caused the plane to crash. The head of Russia's aviation is saying, hold on, it's way too soon to draw conclusions like that. And Russia's emergency ministry says the debris field is so big right now in Egypt that they're beginning to use drones to search it. Carol?</s>COSTELLO: Nic Robertson reporting live from St. Petersburg, Russia. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, fighting on the front lines against ISIS Volunteers take up arms to save their families and villages.
First Victims of Russian Crash Return Home