A lady who survived a high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has been reunited along with her dog, Boro.
After back-to-back fatal train crashes sent shock waves through Spain, Boro’s owner Ana García issued a public plea to assist find her dog after he had bolted on Sunday through the aftermath of the train crash.
On Thursday, forest firefighters in southern Spain found the black-and-white pooch and posted images that showed García embracing Boro.
“Many due to all of Spain and everybody who has got involved a lot,” she said. “It gave me great hope and we’ve done it.”
García, 26, was travelling along with her pregnant sister and Boro on the train when the tail of their train automotive jumped the rails for reasons that remain unclear, and smashed into one other train coming from the other way.
The collision killed dozens and injured greater than 150 people. Rescue crews helped García and her sister out of the train automotive and that’s when she saw Boro before he took off.
“Please, for those who can assist, search for the animals,” García told reporters while holding back tears after the crash. “We were getting back from a family weekend with the little dog, who’s family, too.”
Spaniards on social media rallied to search out Boro and major Spanish media outlets reported on the seek for the dog.
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Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente (PACMA), a Spanish political party that works to defend animals, the environment and folks, posted concerning the seek for the missing canine.
“Boro has gone missing after the train accident in Adamuz. He’s Ana’s dog, one in all the victims, and we urgently need to search out him. He will probably be within the vicinity of the railway accident (Adamuz, Córdoba), very scared and disoriented,” they wrote in a post on X with a video of García’s interview.
By Thursday, PACMA shared an update that Boro had been reunited with García.
PACMA president Javier Luna expressed his joy after Boro’s rescue in a post on X.
“From the Animalist Party, we’re delighted with this blissful ending amid the tragedy that occurred last Sunday,” PACMA wrote. “Nevertheless, Boro’s case demonstrates the necessity for emergency protocols for our animals in cases of accidents or catastrophes. This case might have been different and resolved sooner.”
“No amount of due to the people involved in Boro’s rescue will ever be enough,” they wrote in one other post on X.
In one other update, PACMA said it was a “joy” to see that Boro is “blissful at home.”
Multiple train crashes this week have rocked Spain, with the tragedies resulting in questions on safety on the country’s vast railway system.
The primary crash involving a high-speed train in southern Spain that derailed on Sunday evening was the deadliest in Spain since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people when a commuter train within the northern region of Galicia hurtled off the rails because it got here around a bend going too fast.
On Tuesday night, one other train crash happened in northeastern Spain on a commuter line near Barcelona. One person was killed and no less than 37 others were injured.
Then, on Thursday, a commuter train crashed in southeastern Spain after it collided with a crane. Emergency services said six individuals with minor injuries had been transferred to the hospital.
— with files from The Associated Press
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