The nerves and the agony of seeing your house for the last time: "The most fucked up thing is that you are left with no memories... no past"

A bata de cola signed by Lola Flores was the trigger, recalls Eva.

This flamenco teacher, who has dedicated 50 years of her life to dancing, was face to face with the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid, David Pérez, to explain her situation:

.

She and her family, like 25 other residents of Rafael Alberti (1 and 3) and La Presa (4) streets, in San Fernando de Henares, received

within a maximum period of 24 hours for imminent danger of collapse.

In their homes they left a whole life.

And there Eva was last week, before Pérez, begging her to let them return to their homes

, among which was the aforementioned garment signed by La Faraona.

"That robe can't stay there, you have to take it out," Pérez replied.

The Community authorized them to access their homes last Thursday, but the firefighters, seeing the state of the buildings, determined that

and taking turns.

"One of them told me that he had been in the Lorca earthquake and that, there, they had only left the neighbors for 10 minutes...", points out Eva, who throws a question into the air: "How

?

This San Fernandina recognizes that she faced one of the worst days of her life.

The night before

planning what to pick up, and when the time came, at 11:00 am, her nervousness got the better of her.

"First I ran for the memories of my only son, from when he was little: his clothes, his stories... Then I went into my mother's room, who died shortly before they kicked us out.

. When I saw his sofa... I hugged him crying. The firefighter tried to reassure me, but at the moment we heard on his

'he moves the family that has consumed half the time'. ..

from seeing everything you have left."

cracks and panic

The interior of their home was as they had left it.

With more cracks, yes, that cracked some walls that "

."

If in September his building had sunk 20 centimeters, as a result of water leaks derived from a ventilation shaft on Metro Line 7, it

.

Since her forced eviction, the Community has installed Eva and her neighbors in

next to the A-2, where they mingle with tourists and couples who go to blow off steam on weekends.

Through its corridors it is common to come across cleaning carts that clean the rooms.

"We have

, as well as transportation, some taxis that take us to San Fernando. Look at the cost...".

Eva orders some things in the aparthotel that she took from her home.D.

SOMOLINS

Another of the neighbors who spends the night in this accommodation is José Luis, who describes the situation as "traumatic".

"They have been dizzying the partridge for four months... Without giving us the option to collect our memories. Only half an hour and in bad manners. Very fast.

, and that you could not do anything", he sheds anguish

"Mainly we took papers... You get used to the idea that you are left homeless, but the most fucked up thing is knowing that

: old photos, computers... Sometimes you get

. Things I thought I wouldn't miss until you can't get them back anymore."

Meetings and "cordiality" with Pérez

Initially, these residents were going to stay in this aparthotel until January, but the lack of solutions has forged

To show off muscle in the face of adversity, 46 of these neighbors have founded the Rafael Alberti - Presa Affected Association.

Yesterday, its president, Juan Fuentes, met with David Pérez to discuss his future.

"At the moment there is cordiality. On the ground of our buildings, which will be demolished,

. The idea is to include these lands in the compensation, since they are ours, and they are destined to be a park or gardens. At the earliest, if an agreement is reached with what they offer us,

, then we would have to look for another house, buy it, furnish it..." explains Fuentes.

Tere, 89 years old, sadly shows the big crack in her entrance.J.

BARBANCHO

This spokesman slips that, to date, there has been no talk of

, but he emphasizes that "no appraiser has visited their flats."

"It was done for the average of the surrounding houses. They should include spending on reforms, such as air conditioners, or the belongings that we leave inside," he adds, emphasizing that neighbors cannot go looking at other floors "

. "

According to sources from the Ministry of David Pérez, "we will do all the actions that are necessary to provide a solution to the neighbors,

."

So far, the Community has invested

in this Madrid enclave.

"The safest building in Spain"

Despite these official words, some members of this association, like Eva, do not forget when the counselor "said at the beginning of October that we should not worry, that it would only be two months of rehabilitation and that, when they finished, he would become

... This Saturday we received the order of ruin".

Others go through

.

And some, like José Luis, ask for

so as not to lose any memory when the buildings begin to collapse.

Some demolitions that do not yet have a date, but everything indicates that "they

, notes Eva, who concludes: "A technician from the Community told us: 'We have to shoot it as soon as possible... It is better than the man dominate the building than vice versa, because then you don't know where it will fall'".

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