Francisco left his grandchildren in the car, Javi was swept away by the river from his window… they are still searching for five missing people after the DANA

Two ships, twenty-eight drones, sixteen dogs from the cynological service (SECIR), twelve helicopters and thousands of military personnel, firefighters, Civil Guard and National Policein addition to volunteers, some of them firefighters and police officers who arrived from Holland, have been working for almost a month in a intense search for missing people after the passage of the DANA in Valencia on October 29.

With 222 people died (230 adding the dead from Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia), it still remains to be known where the five missing that continue to have active files, according to the latest report from the Data Integration Center (CID), which updates the figures every day. Among them, three are still open in the security system. SOS Missingas confirmed this Monday by the organization itself 20 minutes, day in which the Civil Guard rescue teams located a new fatality in the municipality of Vilamarxant who has yet to be identified.

The first of the SOS Missing files is Francisco Ruiz Martínez, 64 years old and neighbor of Montserrata town of 9,000 inhabitants further southwest of what is known as the DANA ground zero (Paiporta, Catarroja, Chiva…). The man was in the area of ​​the municipality’s industrial estate when the flood arrived, next to a Mercadona, where he had gone. with his two grandchildren. The children were rescued from the car and there they told how the water had taken their grandfather. In its location the water arrived with great force after the Magro River overflowed.

Elisabet Gil Martínez He is another of the people who are still missing. This woman of 38 years and mother of two children was surprised by the water in Cheste, when he was traveling by car with his motherElvira Martínez, 63, whose body was rescued this week. The flood dragged the two into the vehicle. Although his relatives have carried out search operations accompanied by specialized organizations such as the Mexican Moles, his body has still not been found. As reported a few days ago The Provincesthe authorities have reached trace where the car moved through tracking data and surveillance camera videos. They reached Quart de Poblet, 24 kilometers away.

The history of Sot de Chera

The third victim in SOS Missing is Javi Sánchez Rocafull, from on Chera Sota small municipality of 423 inhabitants that is also located away from ground zero located in the Los Serranos region. There the flood did not destroy the town due to its location in the mountains, but the fall of the rain and the overflowing of the Sot River caused Javi and his family to become trapped in a tongue of water. According to what the family has told various media, lhome gave way and fell on top of the family. The youngest son, four years old, died instantly; The mother, Ana, and her little daughter were able to save themselves despite having fallen from the third floor.

The Civil Guard from Valencia did not want to offer data to this newspaper about the other two people who have not yet been found. It seems that the number of active files offered each day in the official records may change for reasons other than death, since some people have reported the lack of relatives who have finally been located. All victims in official balance They have an autopsy and are fully identified.