It is difficult to find positive loopholes in the midst of the natural catastrophe of the century – the DANA in Valencia– and yet, some experiences of the last few hours fuel the hope to gradually guide those affected towards normality in their homes, to the extent possible. Miraculous rescues and the dedication of volunteers through actions such as a human chain or the generosity of those who have lost almost everything, are some examples.
One of the protagonists of these happy episodes Her name is Raquel and she is pregnant of seven months. Her neighbors rescued her with a rope from the roof of the health center after she had climbed onto a fence when the level of water rushing down the street reached almost her chest.
“Let the things hit me, but don’t let them hit me in the belly, so as not to lose the child,” she thought before being saved in extremis, frightened and also fearing for her life, when a multitude of belongings passed before her eyes. swept away by the flood.
Fortunately, the doctors have reassured her because the fetus has not suffered any damage, although she has injured her head and arms in her efforts to climb the facade holding on to a rope pulled by her neighbors as best she could.
Saved after several days locked up or isolated
Other women has also brought joy this Saturday by finding her alive after four days locked up inside your carunder other vehicles dragged in Benetússer.
The emergency services have heard her cries for help and have been able to help her after so many hours isolated in such a small space.
Christian, a worker from the Oliveral de Ribarroja industrial estate has happily surprised his family member by touring a dozen of kilometers to foot to return home. He had stayed in his company without the possibility of leaving the industrial area and since he did not have coverage, he was not able to warn of the situation.
Similar news happens every day and fortunately reduces the list of missing people, as has also happened with one mother rescued with her baby in arms and in helicopter by the Firefighters of the Alicante Provincial Consortium, deployed to reinforce their Valencian colleagues in these missions, on occasions like this, so rewarding.
The good Samaritan with his ladder
Sometimes, the victim has become a hero in turn, like a self-employed person who was caught by the disaster in Paiporta and, in addition to abandoning his car to get to safety, used his ladder from work to climb trees and help to others people endangered.
An 87-year-old woman has managed to survive alone at home without help in Massanassa, although her case is not without sadness, because she has lived with her deceased sister-in-law, since she was sick and has not managed to stay alive in those circumstances extreme, without water or light.
Chef José Andres makes a video together with Catering Essentia de Tarancón in Utiel (Valencia)
And in some situations, absence has represented precisely the best news, as in the discovery of several cars no occupants in a tunnel between Benetússer and Alfafar. The worst was feared, because this underpass had become a real mousetrapbut the vehicles had been dragged away without anyone inside or they had managed to get out in time.
Apart from these vital experiences when the most precious and priority thing was at stake, within the debacle there are moments of emotion, such as that of volunteers singing the anthem of the Valencian Community among the mud in the streets of Algemesí, or the human chain to more quickly remove all types of objects and fragments of objects in the tasks of clearing debris from public roads, in Paiporta.
A security guard who helps door to door
For his part, Moisés Pitarch, vigilant of security from Alfafar, has been helping his neighbors since Wednesday to clean their flooded apartments and also their section of Alzira street, where there is still a mountain of stacked cars.
He is in charge of looking for volunteers and goes floor by floor, especially those where elderly people live, to see what they need.
For others, the sadness of having lost material goods has not prevented them from showing great generosity. Like Laura, who after seeing how DANA took everything in her store of clothes, he has washed the clothes that he has been able to save from the mud to send them to other municipalitiesaffected and that they have a new, supportive and providential use in this national emergency.
Among the many reasons why it is possible to transmit courage to the Valencian population in these difficult times, one more may be the proximity to a famous person, in the case of chef José Andréswhose NGO cooperates with the Valencia City Council for the distribution of food. His figure always associated with humanitarian aid undoubtedly contributes to many victims feeling supported and in some way this cook becomes a notary that what happened this week near the Mediterranean matters to everyone.
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