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'It will be difficult for Spaniards to overcome this trauma,' train crash survivor tells Euronews

Javier Garcia, a nurse, was aboard one of the two trains that tragically crashed on Sunday, killing at least 43 people and causing trauma in a country where train travel is a symbol of mobility. He shared his experience with Euronews.

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00:00What happened to the train?
00:05I had about 10 minutes on the train,
00:08because I was in Córdoba,
00:09and what I noticed,
00:11which I think was common,
00:12I was in the 4th wagon,
00:13which was relatively ahead,
00:15and what I noticed was
00:17like a strong hit,
00:19like if we had hit something big.
00:21And then we started by megafonía,
00:23like saying,
00:24that,
00:25please,
00:26go to the train,
00:28and when you move forward,
00:29you realize that it was quite grave
00:32than what it seemed.
00:33In fact,
00:34the next wagon was similar,
00:35then the next one was the same,
00:36the next one was the same,
00:37and the next one was the same,
00:39and the next one was even part
00:42of the Techo Caída,
00:44and there was the first person
00:46who was there,
00:47and here you realize
00:48that I could have been there perfectly,
00:50so,
00:51the most impact you have is,
00:53by the azar,
00:54I was in the 4th wagon,
00:55and I was in the 8th wagon,
00:56for example,
00:57or the mistakes,
00:59I was in the physicals,
01:00I was in the 4th wagon,
01:02and not only
01:03from a shot,
01:04but from everything that there was there,
01:05there was people
01:06with the poor,
01:07with the legs,
01:09and now you see
01:10and see the pain
01:11and you know
01:12you tow,
01:13how many people
01:14have been doing it to a train,
01:16And I don't know how it will accept. I imagine that people, like any trauma, it will cost.
01:22The people helped, everyone who could helped, they were asked for water, the people were asked for the cantimplor.
01:28In the bad way, the people worked very well.
01:31In the middle of the village, when we had a poli-deportive, I don't know what, in the middle of the village,
01:36the people of the village were really good, very friendly, they gave me water, they gave me food too.
01:41And the truth is that I'm going to stay with the human part, which is the most commonplace,
01:47and the tragedy, which is the most commonplace.

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