Beatriz Archidonapresenter of AfternoonAR on Thursday 31 while Ana Rosa Quintana was in Valencia to report on the disasters caused by the DANAexploded live like we’ve rarely seen before. The communicator reacted very vehemently after seeing the appearance Angel Victor Torres, the Minister of Territorial Policy, in which he announced the strengthening of the sending of 500 additional soldiers to work on cleaning and rescue work in Valencia. This low figure irritated Archidona, who received applause from the audience present at the Telecinco program after declaring: “But what are 500 soldiers? Seriously, it already turns me on And I’m sorry, sorry, but that already seems like cheating to me. The Army is not just there to walk around on October 12th. “With 500 soldiers, they do absolutely nothing.”
The tragic consequences of the passage of DANA (a system of depression or low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere) last Tuesday, October 29, has caused, for the moment, at least 160 deaths, according to the Integrated Operational Coordination Center of the Ministry of the Interior. The Valencian Community was the region most affected by the devastating consequences of a storm that flooded several municipalities.
All the television programs focused on the tragedy and, Thursday October 31, Ana Rosa Quintana went to the epicenter of the disaster to produce a devastating report collecting many heartbreaking testimonies.
Insufficient government assistance
Quintana was replaced on set that day by Beatriz Archidona, who experienced one of the most tense moments of the afternoon live on Telecinco. AfternoonAR delivered the appearance of Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister of Territorial Policy, in which he reported on the reinforcement that will be implemented for cleaning and rescue works in the affected areas. The minister explained that currently 1,800 national police officers, 750 civil guards and 1,200 members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) are deployed, and announced that 500 additional soldiers would be incorporated from the next day.
Beatriz Archidona: “The Army is not just here to walk around on October 12”
Faced with these too low figures, Beatriz Archidona exploded on the set of AfternoonAR: “Now I understand everything but even more. Army, sea, air, I don’t care about political responsibility, I don’t want to get into these debates, but it’s a humanitarian question. There are people without water, without electricity, with mothers, fathers and children dead behind a door. But what are 500 soldiers?
“Really, it already moves me and I’m sorry, sorry, but it already seems like cheating to me. The army is not here just to walk around on October 12,” exclaimed Archidona, to which one of the collaborators, Cristina Cifuentes, emphasized: “But the army is ready to go and help.”
Cifuentes continued by saying that: “The minister says ‘we guarantee that there will be all the troops possible’, because if they want to guarantee it, they should send more than 500 because with 500 they do absolutely nothing” . “They don’t do anything!” Archidona concluded.
The pain of Ana Rosa
Furthermore, from the town of Paiporta, Ana Rosa Quintana He called into the live broadcast to confess the horror he had seen all day at the epicenter of the disaster: “You can’t imagine what we see. It’s absolutely apocalyptic. I see hundreds of young people, people who come from surrounding towns, who walk for miles, with shopping carts, bags, water. There is nothing here. There is no water, there is no food. There is only mud and death.
