Andrea Ferraria 20-year-old girl who he lost his mother that On the afternoon of October 29, he was the first victim to speak during the state funeral. First of all, Ferrari has given the condolences to all the family members. “Today it has been a year since our lives changed and we still feel the emptiness that those days left us.”
“We walk with scars on our souls but with a firm gaze.” “Today marks a year in which the water destroyed everything. The streets, the houses, the lives. Not only of those who left, but also of those of us who stayed,” said the young woman. The dana, he continued, “forever changed the history of our towns, regions and also ours. This act is a tribute to those who left but also a recognition to those of us who are still here, walking with scars in our souls but with a firm gaze.”
“We discover solidarity”
Despite the pain, the young woman said, a year ago also “we discovered solidarity, that's why I want to thank everyone who came out to help and gave it all. Young people who offered a hand, neighbors who opened their homes, emergency services, health services and rescue. To the thousands of volunteers who came and who showed that thanks to their 'germanor', Valencia was able to get out of the mud.”
“The associations have channeled the pain and turned it into justice.” Despite the circumstances and “in the midst of chaos, humanity continues to exist.” Finally, Andrea Ferrari also thanked the victims' associations for their work “for channeling all the pain and turning it into justice.”
A gesture of affection from Queen Letizia to Andrea, just before her speech / Germán Caballero
A few words for your mother
Next, the young woman dedicated a few words to her mother, Eva María canut Montoro. “Talking about her is talking about light and love in its purest form, the brightest and most radiant person who illuminated wherever she went.” A person, says her daughter, “incredible, happy, dreamer. The best mother and all of us who were lucky enough to have her around knew it. Defining her in a single phrase is impossible and I am proud to say to the winds that you were my mother,” said Ferrari.
“You had the strength that made you believe that everything was possible because of the joy that enveloped you and that same strength is what drives me to continue living and looking for reasons to smile even when life is heavy.”
This funeral is an act “of remembrance and helps us live with the same courage, kindness, strength and light with which they lived,” Andrea Ferrari continued. But also, he said, “an act of commitment to not forget, accompany and keep his memory alive. A kiss to heaven for all the victims who will continue to live in our memory.”
In closing, the young woman said that a year later calm has arrived, but this calm “has not arrived alone.” “It is built with effort, hope and union. Let us turn homage into a lesson, that of honoring the memory of those who are gone and caring for those of us who are here. As long as there is memory there will never be forgotten and the most important thing is that truth, respect and humanity prevail.”
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