Diego Creole, 35, is the fourth of five children and likes volleyball. His house is located on N24C street, in the area most destroyed by the alluvium, precisely below the plateau where the ecuavoli court was The commune.
The current dragged to at least about 40 people who went to the field on Monday, according to preliminary reports.
When the flood subsided, Diego was working in another part of the city. After 7:00 p.m. he arrived at the disaster area and there learned that his brother Patricio, 44, had disappeared.
The last thing known about Patricio is that he had gone out to play volleyball That afternoon. But since then she hasn’t been anywhere. “They tell us that he was on the volleyball court, but until now (Wednesday, February 2) we haven’t found him. We have trace of him until 18:20, because has been talking to the son. But from there the flood came and we don’t know anything.”
When the removal of debris, Diego joined the lifeguard squads (like several residents of the sector), with the hope that none of the remains that were appearing was that of his older brother. Every time the firefighters pulled a body out of the mud, Diego pressed the shovel that he was holding in his hands, as if it were going to fall.
The search days were repeated every day, Until the night. A relative who accompanied him saw when they found a body. “It’s not, it’s a woman”, he told her, which increased the anguish of not knowing Patricio’s condition.
The rest of the family kept asking in hospitals and in the morgue no indication of Patricio’s whereabouts. “There are no more bodies, all are already recognized. We have to keep looking,” they told him.
Patrick was separated, but maintained good communication with her three children, aged 15, 12 and 4, who live with their mother in Calderón, in the north of Quito.
When describing Patricio, Diego’s eyes moistened. “He is a player, server or flyer. He plays everything, that’s why he was always on the court”, he said as he looked at the rubble. However, his hope for her to appear is firm. He wants his brother back and continue to be an all-rounder for volleyball
To the third day of searchingPatrick’s body was found. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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