“It has been an honor to be able to help them,” the lieutenant of the Civil Guard Cristian Lacalle upon reuniting with Teresa and her caregiver -also Teresa-, two of the people who saved from drowning in the Valencian town of Chiva on October 29, when the DANA.
Twelve civil guards They saved dozens of neighbors who were on the verge of drowning due to the effects of the storm, among them the two women who have been reunited – according to a Civil Guard video – with the lieutenant who participated in the rescue work. Both are fine after the agents rescued them from the ground floor of their house and took them to a safer area after forcing the iron door of the house: “We came from outside and the water reached us very high“, the lieutenant recalled to the women who continually thanked him.
“I knew I was leaving them safe.”recalled the civil guard who explained how they had to go to save other people. Because, he explained, the main gas pipe had burst, which added to the danger of water: “We were lucky that it didn’t explode,” he said. “We will never forget him, from the bottom of our hearts, he has saved us,” say the two women, to whom the agent says that if the Civil Guard is characterized by something, “it is try to help those who need it and more at this time.”
Another of the videos released this Sunday by the Civil Guard also shows two agents who Help an elderly woman who lives alone and asks for food and cleaning products out the window. After arriving in a van of volunteers, they load the products and place them in their house. In the midst of the tragedy, there have emerged stories of camaraderie, friendship and help between civilians and military who have joined together for the same purpose: to help the Valencians.
Thus, the aviators from the Cuatro Vientos Air Base of the Air and Space Army have worked hand in hand with operators from the Barcelona City Council and the Transa company who have dedicated themselves to free and clear affected streets by DANA for seven days, work that has been carried out altruistically.
“Because of everything I have seen, I have felt like crying, I have felt very bad, but I am happy, I feel that I have been useful“said a driver from the Transa company. Everyone collaborates, even the little ones. “At 7 years old, Paula, daughter of our colleague Francisco Javier, raised the flag of our Utiel barracks house again, which was completely flooded on “last October 29 after the passage of DANA,” says the Civil Guard in another image on the social network X.
Jobs that They do not stop day or nightas shown by the Ministry of Defense on social networks: The Fourth Emergency Intervention Battalion (BIEM IV) has worked with volunteers cleaning garages and roads on Montcada Street in the town of Paiporta, who have been joined by the Army that has also worked all night in the same town. Three hundred soldiers from Cádiz, Burgos, Astorga and León from the Field Artillery Command of the Army have taken over from their colleagues from the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command.
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