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'The child wasn't coming': Survivor recounts Galati drone attack rescue
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'The child wasn't coming': Survivor recounts Galati drone attack rescue

From Adevฤƒrul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A woman recounts the terrifying moments of a Russian drone attack that destroyed her apartment in Galati, Romania.
  • She described waking to a collapsed ceiling and flames, initially mistaking the event for an earthquake or short circuit.
  • The woman managed to rescue her son from the burning apartment, and both are now safe but traumatized.

A woman in Galati, Romania, described the harrowing experience of surviving a Russian drone attack that devastated her 10th-floor apartment. She recounted waking amidst chaos, with the ceiling collapsed and flames engulfing the hallway, initially believing it was an earthquake or electrical fire.

I started shouting for my child. I knew I couldn't hear myself well in my ears. I told him: 'Get out!' The child wasn't coming.

โ€” Attack survivorDescribing her initial panic and search for her son during the drone strike.

"I started shouting for my child. I knew I couldn't hear myself well in my ears. I told him: 'Get out!' The child wasn't coming," she told Digi24, recalling the terrifying moments. She managed to force open the debris-blocked door and reach her son, who said the apartment was burning. "I literally pushed him. He said it was burning. I pushed him, still along the wall, until I got him into the hallway," she narrated.

I literally pushed him. He said it was burning. I pushed him, still along the wall, until I got him into the hallway.

โ€” Attack survivorRecounting how she rescued her son from their burning apartment.

They descended the building's stairs and were found by firefighters as they attempted to evacuate. The woman only learned about the drone strike after emergency services arrived. She repeatedly called emergency services until she heard sirens, fearing the building might collapse as new noises and falling debris continued.

I really wish for the war to end, and the flying objects too. I want to live in peace, in my little corner.

โ€” Attack survivorExpressing her desire for peace amidst the ongoing conflict.

Mother and son are recovering and out of danger, but the trauma remains. The woman expressed her desire for the war to end and for peace, stating, "I really wish for the war to end, and the flying objects too. I want to live in peace, in my little corner." She has received an offer from Romina Gingaศ™u, wife of Piero Ferrari, to buy her a new apartment, providing a chance for a new beginning away from the site of her life-altering experience.

I think it will be a new beginning.

โ€” Attack survivorReflecting on the offer to purchase a new apartment.
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Originally published by Adevฤƒrul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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