“ My friends are leaving, going nowhere…
Like leaves in the fall
They go away once and for good, 
As if this were how it should be…
They depart abruptly, like in battle, 
Without as much as waving a hand, 
Sparing their friends and family. 
The sight of their last agony…
Chornobyl disaster fighters are true men. Good, kind, gentle fellows.
These men won’t betray you are won’t forsake you in need. They don’t follow a deeply rooted principle our society lives by: Grab and Run! We feel that people need us like a tool in these troubled times. And if this is so, it is way too early for us to die. We don’t want to!!! We must overcome the resistance of life and of our homemade pencil-pushers.
 We ‘re gonna live, fellas!
 Kindest regards
 To all Chornobyl disaster fighters of Ukraine

Vladimir Mikhailov, 
President of the Krasnoyarsk 
Krai public organization of disabled 
Union “Chernobyl”