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LI's Poles express sorrow at plane crash

Mourners wait to lay candles and flowers outside

Photo credit: Getty Images | Mourners wait to lay candles and flowers outside the Presidential Palace in memory of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. (April 10, 2010)

Members of Long Island's Polish community expressed shock and sadness Saturday at the crash that killed Poland's president and other national leaders.

"It's very sad," said Stanislaw Cieslak, who owns the Wisla Deli in Riverhead, home to several thousand people of Polish descent. "The guys who died, they were very experienced guys."

The airliner carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski...

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