article_snippet: A crisis center has been established at the city hall in Haltern, which is about 77 kilometers (48 miles) north of Dusseldorf's airport.
article_snippet: Haltern's mayor, Bodo Klimpel, said Haltern's mayor, Bodo Klimpel had been heading home after taking part in a foreign exchange program.
article_snippet: The whole city is shocked, and we can feel The whole city everywhere," Klimpel said.
article_snippet: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the German government had set up a crisis center in response to the "terrible news" and was in close contact with the French authorities.