The rescue stories of Danielof Cristianof the Sergeant of the River or of Lieutenant Cristian They have not been forgotten. It has been a month since the DANA tragedy in Valencia and the scars have not healed. “We are still assimilating everything we have suffered,” one of these protagonists tells They got up. These agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard They have become the faces of DANA’s heroes, having saved dozens of people who were trapped during the first hours of the storm with their interventions.
All these police officers and civil guards had to fight against the mud to help hundreds of people who were going to be swept away by the current. They rescued families crying on the roof of their cars surrounded by water. They made holes in walls to remove workers from their premises. They ignored the injuries they suffered or the hypothermia that prevented them from breathing since they only had one goal: to save lives.
A rope of sheets and curtains
After all these performances they returned to reality at home. Many of them are also affected by the storm since they lost acquaintances or loved ones. They respectfully responded to the media to report their experiences and quickly put on their work overalls to continue helping their colleagues in the search for missing people or cleaning up. Paiporta, Albal, Aldaya o Sedaví. These are the proper names of the DANA heroes.
One of the most distressing stories but which ended with a happy ending had as its protagonist Danielsub-inspector of the National Police stationed in Valencia. It was in the town of Benetúser. This agent, who was not on duty, managed to keep a neighbor afloat when she was being swept away by the current. Moments before, he had already saved another neighbor thanks to a rope he made from sheets.
These two women were lucky enough to Daniel Garcia He watched from the window of his house with his children as the storm wreaked havoc. He used ropes made of sheets and curtains to save these neighbors. He had to endure the force of the water for minutes but he did not collapse.
A human chain of police
At almost the same time, in another part of the region, the sub-inspector Paufrom the National Police of Xirivella, together with their men, formed a human chain, clinging to traffic signs and trees, to save eleven people who were trapped in their vehicles during the flood on the Faitanar road in Xirivella -Picanya.
When it seemed that their work had been successfully completed, they had to return when they heard cries for help. There were two men up in the trees. The water covered their chests and the current was getting stronger but they did not stop their efforts and managed to rescue these two septuagenarians.
They got up It also revealed another story of perseverance of two national police officers who encountered the flood on V-30 and thanks to their intervention they managed to secure a hundred people. The officials, who are specialized in fighting drug trafficking, risked their lives until two in the morning in one of the points, Paiporta, most damaged by the storm.
“It has been an honor to help them”
The Civil Guard agents in the area were also protagonists of heroic stories. He Lieutenant Cristian He saved Teresa and her caregiver, also named Teresa, from drowning in Chivas. “It has been an honor to be able to help them,” the official said in a video in which he was reunited with these two women.
Cristian, accompanied by ten other men, collaborated to help dozens of people, taking shelter in the highest floors of the building. Esteban Pol y Juanjo Marin They were other of the guards who cooperated in these interventions when the water devastated everything in its path.
Precisely, the violence of the water also dragged the Sergeant Del Rio to the vicinity of the Paiporta barracks, where he was able to reach thanks to the help of his companion, the Cape Rivas. They spent the night there and moved the neighbors to higher areas so that they would not drown.
These are some of the names that have given a little light and hope in the darkness of DANA. We must not forget that through the streets of Valencia they have passed thousands of police and civil guards to help in the cleaning work. They are still on these points. Returning to the numbers, there are only a thousand National Police officers in training in the area.
These students received a tribute from the mayor of one of the points most affected by the storm. The ruler of Masanassa thanked him for his work: “You will always carry him in your heart.” An immense heart of the heroes who put their lives at risk to save others.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
