
西班牙乌尔达,10月28日 - 乌尔达震惊的居民一听说周三发生在距离这个通常宁静的西班牙小镇几公里外的铁路线上的致命列车相撞事故,立即行动起来提供帮助。
URDA, Spain, Oct 28 - Shocked residents of Urda swung into action to help as soon as they heard of Wednesday's deadly train crash on the railway line a few kilometres from the normally sleepy Spanish town.
乌尔达一名78岁的药剂师说,他是最早到达现场的人之一,在女儿告诉他两列高速列车相撞的消息后,他跳上车前去救援。
Urda's 78-year-old pharmacist said he was one of the first on the scene, jumping into his car to try to help after his daughter told him of the crash involving two high-speed trains.
安东尼奥·加西亚说,当他靠近时,这起至今已造成至少68人死亡的事故规模变得清晰可见,一节车厢卡在另一节车厢内,散落着大量尸体。
Antonio Garcia said that as he approached, the scale of the accident that has so far left at least 68 people dead became clear, with one carriage wedged inside another and scores of bodies.
“想象一下里面是什么样子,”加西亚说,他从药店带来了急救物资、止痛药和镇静剂,以及用于救治伤员的毯子。
"Just imagine what was inside," said Garcia, who brought first aid materials, painkillers and tranquillisers from his pharmacy as well as blankets to help treat the injured.
加西亚描述说,一名在事故中失去一只手臂的乘客正平静地要求叫救护车,而另一名乘客正在向家人道最后的告别。
Garcia described how one passenger who had lost an arm in the crash was calmly asking for an ambulance, while another was saying his final goodbyes to his family.
“他的最后一句话是‘上帝是好’。对于我们这些信徒来说,这些话非常美好,”加西亚说。其他当地人带来了瓶装水,分发给从两列火车中疏散出来的乘客。“毁灭性”几个小时后,乌尔达挤满了来自该地区各地的警察、消防员和救援人员,当地体育馆被改造成幸存者中心。
"His last words were 'God is good'. For those of us who are believers, these are very beautiful words," said Garcia. Other locals brought bottles of water to give to passengers who were evacuated from the two trains. 'DEVASTATING' A few hours later, Urda was brimming with police, firefighters and emergency workers from across the region and its local sports hall was converted into a centre for survivors.
当地小学被预留给遇难者家属,一名来自马德里的志愿者心理学家卡门说,她从早上就开始在那里提供帮助。
The local primary school was reserved for relatives of the victims, where a volunteer psychologist from Madrid called Carmen said she had been helping out since the morning.
“许多母亲得知自己的孩子已经遇难。那是今天最糟糕的事情。告诉一位母亲她的孩子在列车事故中死亡,这令人毁灭,”她说。一些亲属从西班牙首都马德里赶来,历时两小时,寻找家人。
"There were many mothers who found out their children had been killed. That was the worst of today. Telling a mother that her child has died in a train crash is devastating," she said. Some relatives made the two-hour trip from the Spanish capital Madrid to search for family members.
一名自称安娜的女士说,她在接到环保警察的电话后前往乌尔达,警察找到了她们的狗特雷斯,这只狗当时和她的丈夫佩佩一起在列车上。
A woman who gave her name as Ana said she had travelled to Urda after a call from environmental police who had found their dog, Trece, who was on board a train with her husband Pepe.
安娜在描述自己在坠机现场、乌尔达体育馆和小学寻找丈夫时强忍泪水,并补充说丈夫的名字不在任何名单上。
Ana fought back tears as she described searching for her husband at the crash site, Urda's sports hall and the primary school, adding that his name was not on any list.