Andreas Stegemann

Andreas Stegemann is the mayor of Haltern am See, a town in western Germany that tragically lost 16 residents, including students and teachers from a local school, in the 2015 Germanwings plane crash. On the 10th anniversary of the disaster, Stegemann remarked on the lasting impact of the tragedy on the community, emphasizing the collective grief and the lingering question of 'why' that continues to affect the town.