Vladimir Topiy
driver,
Vyshnya, Lviv region
The site of Vladimir Topiy’s death was the House of Trade Unions where he was helping extinguish the fire during the night of February 19. Oksana, the daughter of the hero of the Celestial Hundred, relates, “The last time my mother spoke to dad was February 19 at 5 am. We had already heard that the House of Trade Unions was burning. My father said they had already dragged the wounded to a safe place and were pouring water on the doors and the parket. He said it was all under control—the flame couldn’t reach them. Then he said some strangers were trying to open some doors, and his friend and he were going to find out who were those strangers.
The last thing my mother heard on the phone was a male voice saying, “Let’s go, daddy!”
After that th
