In Chiva, almost 500 liters per square meter fell in just four hours, which is what happens in an entire year. Juantruck driver by profession, was one of the survivors of the flood that hit this Valencian municipality and was able to rescue with his vehicle two people trap
He saw a car stuck in the middle of the flood and, while the rest of the vehicles passed by, ignoring his presence, He decides to stop and save the lives of his occupants.. “With my truck, I prayed to God and pushed the car slowly,” he said. To warn them, he gave them “the lights,” since he had no other way to communicate with them. The sound of the falling rain made that impossible, he says in this video.
“They came down and got in my truck“, he says. After that, he took them to the industrial zone of Chiva, where he left them in a restaurant so that “they would be safe” in case something happened to him with his truck. “I wanted them to at least be safe.“, he emphasizes.
Juan left the scene and went “to the streets.” A miracle, since the people who took refuge with their vehicles where he was “They were among the few who were saved. “The others… I saw hell because of the way the water came in and washed away the cars,” he recalls.
