While all of Spain remains with a heart in its fist with all the disasters caused by the passage of the DANApersonal testimonies continue to offer a stark account of what happened and one of them is that of former ‘Big Brother’ contestant Arturo Requejowho has recounted all the anguish that he, his wife and their 22-month-old baby experienced while also joining the criticism for the lack of foresight and action.
Arturo Requejo, his wife and son were almost killed by the flood that hit Letur. The former contestant revolutionized the eleventh edition of ‘Big Brother’ for his stormy romance with Indhira, but he is already alive away from television of his own free will and retired to live in this Albacete town four years ago. There, out of the spotlight, he set up the Aloha restaurant to start a new life.
«I have been in all the salsa, but I am no longer on TV. It was all disgusting. You couldn’t trust anyone. “Here the people are purer and more real,” explained Arturo Arturo Requejo to ‘El Mundo’ at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción School, where the command post that coordinates the Letur rescue efforts is located.
The most distressing experience of your life
The former television contestant experienced on Tuesday what were undoubtedly the most distressing moments of his life, and which he will never forget, when his wife, Tamara Vera, and his fourth child – a barely 22-month-old baby named Sua – were left trapped in their restaurant.
Arturo Requejo’s wife was cutting loin when she saw the impressive flood arrive. It was then that she took her baby in her arms and watched as the water began to come suddenly and flood her bar. Her husband was resting at home, higher up the town, because he had severe back pain, and He suffered the helplessness of not being able to rescue his wife and son..
“We couldn’t go out and there was a moment when I thought: ‘Wow, we’re sold because I’m collapsing!'” his wife said. The couple reproaches the desperation of having to answer the endless 112 questions when they called full of fear to ask for help and were asked for all kinds of information.
Criticism of the performance
Furthermore, they add to the wave of criticism for the lack of foresight before DANA that was coming. «All these things can be foreseen. People should have been evicted who lives in the middle of the boulevard, in the riverbed. If a rescue helicopter had arrived in time, the couple who are still missing could have been saved. The rescue teams arrived late,” the couple stated with indignation.
At least, both Tamara and her baby managed to leave the restaurant on their own and saved their lives, very contrary to what happened to so many. «We rescue ourselves. Many neighbors escaped by the skin of their teeth and have been reborn, but a lot of damage could have been avoided,” said the wife of the former ‘Big Brother’ contestant.
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