The hugs are stronger today in the arrivals terminals when the flight arrives from Marrakech. Many Spaniards have not been able to return until this Monday, despite having tried, and the emotion is even greater for those who arrive in Spain, leaving their compatriots there.

Some of those who return do so using the return ticket they bought when they thought they would return from their vacation with it, instead of fleeing a region devastated by an earthquake.

Roberto tells laSexta that he is scared, but finally home. He tried to buy another ticket that he brought him earlier, despite having to pay 1,500 euros for him. But at the end of the purchase process, the page either gave an error, or the ticket showed itself already sold.

Like him, other Spaniards tell us that the important thing is to have already overcome “the worst experience of their lives.” Mar Villar does it from OleirosA Coruña, after managing to return safely with her two children, ages 15 and 19.

They were paying the bill on the roof of a restaurant in the medina of Marrakech. Suddenly, everything started to shake. The first thing they thought was that it was a train tremor, but when they saw its impossibility, they realized that they were experiencing an earthquake.

The three ran down the stairs, two floors, while the decorations from the stairs fell next to them. And finally they reached the street, where they sought refuge in the spaciousness of a square. “We did not dare to return to the riad through the narrow streets, because we have seen many collapses,” Mar recorded herself recounting those moments of daze.

While wandering, without letting go of her young son’s hand, she remembers passing by a woman buried under rubble, and trying to stop to help her. Her son stopped him and then said: “Didn’t you see that she was already dead?”

The first thing you have done Irene upon arrival at the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas It was hugging his crying mother. She immediately told us that it was horrible, that she thought she was going to die: “The room started to shake, we thought the walls, the ceiling were falling on us…”.

Other passengers arriving at the airport describe the same situation. Seve Ballesteros-Santander. They define the moments after the earthquake “like a zombie movie, with blood and destruction everywhere”, but they also remember with tears those who have been left there: the Moroccans, whom many Spanish passengers say were the ones who gave them the The only help is a bottle of water, blankets, or pretending to be calm.

They appreciate their hospitality, and many, despite still being in shock, assure that they will return to the city to support our neighbors in this way, with tourism.