It is difficult to find positive faults in the middle of the natural disaster of the century – the DANA of Valencia – and, however, certain experiences of the last hours fuel the hope gradually guide the people concerned towards normalcy in their homes, as far as possible. The miraculous rescues and the dedication of volunteers through actions such as the human chain or the generosity of those who lost almost everything, are some examples.
One of the protagonists of these happy episodes Her name is Raquel and she is seven months pregnant. Her neighbors rescued her with a rope from the roof of the health center after she climbed a fence as the level of water rushing down the street reached almost her chest.
“Let things hit me, but don’t let them hit me in the stomach, so as not to lose the child”, she thought before being saved at the last minute, frightened and also fearing for her life, when a multitude of goods passed away. before his eyes, carried away by the flood.
Fortunately, the doctors reassured her because the fetus did not suffer any damage, even if she injured her head and arms while trying to climb the facade, holding on as best she could to a rope pulled by his neighbors.
Rescued after several days locked up or isolated
Other women also brought joy this Saturday by finding her alive after four days locked up inside your carunder other vehicles being dragged to Benetússer.
The emergency services heard his cries for help and were able to come to his aid after so many hours isolated in such a small space.
Christian, a worker from the Oliveral industrial zone of Ribarroja had the pleasure of surprising a member of his family by visiting a dozen of kilometers has foot to return home. He remained in his company without the possibility of leaving the industrial zone and as he did not have cover, he was not able to alert the situation.
Similar news occurs every day and fortunately reduces the list of missing people, as also happened with a mother saved with her baby in weapons and in helicopter by the firefighters of the Provincial Consortium of Alicante, deployed to reinforce their Valencian colleagues in these missions, on occasions like this, so enriching.
The good Samaritan with his ladder
Sometimes the victim in turn became a hero, like an independent who was overtaken by the Paiporta disaster and who, in addition to abandoning his car to get to safety, used his ladder work to climb trees and help to others people endangered.
An 87-year-old woman managed to survive alone at home without help in Massanassa, although her case is not without sadness, as she lived with her deceased sister-in-law, as she was ill and did not manage to stay . living in these extreme circumstances, without water or light.
Chef José Andres makes a video with Catering Essentia de Tarancón in Utiel (Valencia)
And in some situations, absence has been precisely the best news, as in the discovery of several cars no occupant in a tunnel between Benetússer and Alfafar. We feared the worst, because this underground passage had become a real mousetrapbut the vehicles were taken away with no one inside or they managed to get out in time.
In addition to these vital experiences where the most precious and priority issue was at stake, the debacle includes moments of emotion, such as that of the volunteers singing the anthem of the Valencian Community in the mud of the streets of Algemesí, or the human chain to find out more. quickly eliminate all types of objects and fragments of objects in the tasks of cleaning debris from public roads, in Paiporta.
A security guard who helps out 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 as well as their section of Alzira Street, where there is still a mountain of stacked cars.
He is responsible for 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 did not prevent them from showing great generosity. Like Laura, who after seeing how DANA took everything in her store clothes, he washed the clothes he could save from the mud to send them has other municipalitiesaffected and that they have a new utility, united and providential, in this national emergency.
Among the many reasons why it is possible to convey courage to the Valencian population in these difficult times, another may be the proximity to a famous person, in the case of chef José Andréswhose NGO cooperates with the Valencia City Hall for the distribution of food. His figure, always associated with humanitarian aid, undoubtedly contributes to many victims feeling supported and this cook becomes in a way the notary that what happened this week on the shores of the Mediterranean concerns everyone.
