“This fucking nightmare of 15 days of madness is over. Thank you to all the volunteers from all over Spain. The truth is that I am left speechless for all the help we have received these days.” The rescue teams have located this week the lifeless bodies of Ruben and Izanaged three and five, disappeared on October 29 in Torrent (València). The date, without a doubt, will be marked on the calendar of an entire town; a family that, for two weeks, had been searching through the mud what I really didn’t want to find. But it appeared. The minors’ uncle has been in charge of confirming the news through his social networks.
The clock showed 6:30 p.m. when the flood reached the district of More from Jutgein Torrent. The l’Horteta ravine flooded, “the force was brutal,” says one of the family’s neighbors. “The water swept away a truck, which It hit the wall of his property, creating a hole.“, he continues. The noise scared the minors and their father sat them in the living room, seeking a calm that was difficult to maintain. “The flood dragged them to a tree; His father grabbed them, he had them, but a waterspout took them away from him. The story is traumatic“, he acknowledges, still affected.
On Wednesday, when the water level went down, their father went out to look for them. They didn’t respond. The operation has been repeated every morning for the last two weekseach time with a more robust deployment. Neighbors and volunteers; police and firefighters; health workers, divers and psychologists. Torrent had been looking for the little ones for 15 days; two weeks of “agony” and uncertainty that ended with the worst possible outcome: The bodies of Rubén and Izan were finally located in Catarroja and Massanassamore than ten kilometers from the point where their father last saw them alive.
On Monday, November 4, five days after the catastrophe, the first reinforcements began to arrive. He Balearic Rescue Groupmade up of firefighters, police officers, nurses and professional rescuers, arrived at the weekend with “a trailer loaded with material.” He ferry He left them in Dénia. The emergency took them to Paiporta, ground zero of the disaster, where they worked Saturday and Sunday. “That same day they notified us of the search for two brothers missing in Torrent and we divide; a brigade was collaborating in the raids from Monday to Thursday,” says Antonio Izquierdo, a member of the Group. The troops checked flooded poolscovers full of liquid mud and areas that are difficult to access via satellite. The results were always negative.
Nica was another of the “fundamental” members of the operation, especially when it came to “locate living people and bodies of deceased victims” in Paiporta, Massanassa or Algemesí. Manuel Sánchez, president of the Balearic Rescue Group, explains what his role was in a call with Public: “He gave us scent points in different areas of the river. In Torrent, for example, we found dead animals, wild boars, some dogs and some cats, but not people and, unfortunately, not children either.” The police dog from the island team had “previous experience” in the Turkey and Morocco earthquakes and had recently been awarded a medal.
A hundred volunteers and staff
“My little angels, we have finally found you! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has gone out of their way. Two stars shine brighter in the sky“, another relative of the minors has published, according to Europa Press. The searches to locate the bodies of Ruben and Izan This last weekend they brought together more than 100 people, including volunteers, neighbors and members of staff. The family went to court this Wednesday for the recognition of the bodies, as confirmed by municipal sources to Efe.
Álvaro is one of the neighbors who has participated in the search operations; In addition, he collaborated as a volunteer in the cleaning of Paiporta, Picanya or Torrent. “The most comforting thing has been seeing dozens of young people mobilized. The hunt, honestly, has been somewhat chaotic; everyone tried to follow instinct, the intentions were good, but more orders were needed“, tells Public. Álvaro also lost his house and is still waiting for the arrival of heavy machinery to collect the debris. “The area has been completely devastated. Instead of a flood, it seems like a bomb has fallenlike in Ukraine or the Gaza Strip,” he points out.
The volunteers and staff met every morning at the La Curra Restauranta “meeting point” that also offered free food and drinks for participants. The inn’s parking lot has been full of people for 15 days. off-roaders, quads and vans. “The presence of family and neighbors, who knew the area inside out, has been really valuable, because it gave us clues to any element that we could find and identify. The search began in the area of the children’s house and followed the course of the torrent a bit,” explains Antonio Izquierdo. The members of the Balearic Rescue Group have traveled to the Valencian Country in their free time, that is, like any other volunteer, but “with the experience“which gives them their own profession.
The Mossos d’Esquadra, the Ertzaintza and Civil Protection have also collaborated in the raids, commanded by the Torrent Local Police. “I want your eyes, also your nose“, a voice shouted every morning, when the volunteers, each one with his stick, to “poke the mud”, formed the rows. This week, rescue teams located the lifeless bodies of the two minors.one in the Catarroja area and another, near Massanassa. “I’m glad they showed up, because then the family can rest, rebuild your life, little by littleand turn the page,” concludes Javier, who has also participated in the search tasks.
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