“It’s people who help people”

Five days after the tragedy, relief efforts continue unabated Valence. The area that was hit by a terrible DANA As of Tuesday, the streets were still devastated and full of debris and mud, and dozens of missing people were still being searched for. The outpouring of solidarity in recent days has been such that in recent hours, the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) decided that this Sunday the passage of people, on foot or by car, would be limited to a dozen municipalities in which the excess of volunteers could make the extinguishing tasks difficult.

Thus, the movement of people in twelve municipalities has been limited since 6 a.m. However, this Sunday at the start of the day, volunteers decided to draw lots police checks and approach Benetússer or Paiporta because they understand that there is much to do and that they cannot remain idle.

“If it weren’t for the people here they would all be dead hunger because the only thing we have seen these days are the people who had the initiative to come and now, when they started, the only thing they did was obstacles”, lamented a young man who was preparing to leave for the most affected with the backpack and a broom in the backpack. He remembered that one of his cousins ​​had been fined for be parked to help. “They used tow trucks to remove the cars from the fines instead of coming to remove the cars here,” he laments.

Another volunteer, very indignant, went to Paiporta “despite the fact that “They told us not to go.”. She believed that the restrictions imposed today were due to the visit of the authorities and the fact that they did not want people to see what the security forces do not do. “It’s people who help people,” she recalls, outraged by the poor management of the disaster.