The railway drama of Adamuz, as the deceased and their families are known, is shocking the Spanish people. At this moment, 42 fatalities have been counted, with dozens of injured, many of them seriously. We are now echoing two stories that are circulating on social networks, with an obvious Christian background.
That of grandmother Nati, from Cursillos de Cristiandad in Huelva, and 6-year-old Cristina, who survived her parents, a brother, and a cousin, all four of whom died in the accident.
Fidel tells the story of his mother
The hare was raised, at least in my case, by a post in X in the account @Unicatolicos_es, which reads: “Fidel has lost his mother in the accident in Adamuz. His 10 and 12 year old sons and nephew are with minor injuries and his brother admitted to the ICU. “My mother was (at the time of the accident) praying the rosary. She is already rejoicing with the Love of her life: Jesus of Nazareth”.
Fidel, from the surroundings of the Reina Sofia University Hospital in Cordoba, speaks emotionally about his mother, Nati, to the program Espejo Público by Susanna Griso, on Antena 3. The video is circulating in the social networks, and you can see it here. here.
“My mother had taken my children and my nephew to see the Lion King in Madrid” (,,,,) when I told my brother (hospitalized) that my mother, unfortunately, was no longer with us, he began to cry and told me that he did not know how he was there. He thought he was dying because he spent an hour and a half between the iron bars after the carriage had been turning around for a kilometer and a half, he was suffocating, my life was passing away, he was touching corpses with his feet...”.
“I was praying the rosary, we held on to our faith.”
“My mother was very religious, she was with many Christian groups here in Huelva, we are cofrades, very rocieros, we are people who hold on to the faith since my mother instilled it in me. My mother was praying the rosary at that time. I am sure that my mother made the love of her life, who is Jesus of Nazareth, do the miracle, look, take me, and leave my grandchildren, leave my son, here?
“Fidel, my brother tells me, you have to tell it, because society has to know, that many times they go very wrong, and we give value to banal things, things that make no sense, we get angry unnecessarily with relatives, and life at any moment goes...”.
And Fidel opens his heart completely before the tearful eyes of Susanna Griso and other guests, he says moving words about his mother, who was getting old, and sometimes did not give him a kiss, and thought: Fidel, put your feet on the ground, and value what you have, because at any moment you lose it...”.
“The human heart prevails.”
At the end, he remembers Huelva, and adds: “This is Andalusia, this is the whole of Spain, this is solidarity, this is the heart that Spaniards have, although we often fight at the ballot box..., but in the end what prevails is this, the human heart, and knowing that in life we have to value more important things than others, which often hurt us”.
As the relatives are “approached” by the media, Fidel also tells the story to others, for example to ABC. “The five of them were in the first car. The engineer was there and the five of them were the first ones,” said Fidel, who confirmed that his brother had been untubed on Monday afternoon. “He is stable and has told me: ‘he tells the story of mom, how she was devoted to her family and was the engine of it’. The Lord has wanted to take her this way but we are certain that she is in the best possible place.”.
Condolences of the Hermandades for the matriarch of a great family
Later, in a chronicle, María Carmona tells in the same newspaper that several brotherhoods of the city, with which the Sáenz de la Torre family had many ties, have expressed their condolences. “The Eldest Brother and the Board of Government Officials of the Venerable Brotherhood of the Redención, want to express with great pain and deep desolation the sadness we feel for the death of Mrs. Natividad de la Torre, mother of our brother and member of the team of foremen of the Holy Christ of the Precious Blood D. Fidel Angel Saenz de la Torre,” they said.
And from the Brotherhood of La Lanzada, the same: “We have the sad duty to communicate that Mrs. Natividad de la Torre, mother of N. H. D. Luís Carlos Sáenz de la Torre, is one of the mortal victims...”.
Nati de la Torre was “the matriarch of a large family in Huelva -three children and six grandchildren-, a believer in God and an educator in that faith”, wrote María Carmona, which she instilled in her family and in a good number of Huelva residents through the Christianity courses she taught”.
The drama of the Zamorano Alvarez family from Punta Umbría
Four dead, only the six-year-old girl survives, the drama of the Zamorano Alvarez family, headlined Canal Sur. The parents, a brother and a cousin of the surviving 6-year-old girl, who was rescued practically unharmed, were from Punta Umbria, it added. The Punta Umbria City Council has decreed three days of mourning.
The same account of X @Unicatolicos_es, Universitarios católicos, collected information about Cristina, the 6 year old girl who spent much of the night guarded by a civil guard after being rescued virtually unharmed, as told by the program Andalucía Directo. «Cristina's daughter has been a miracle in the midst of so much misfortune,» said the mayor of Aljaraque (Huelva), Adrian Cano, to El Mundo.
In the carriage were Cristina, her parents, brother and cousin, members of the Zamorano Álvarez family. The mother was a participant of «Yo soy del Sur» a program of Canal Sur. The mayor of Punta Umbria, Jose Carlos Hernandez, reported in the morning that the brother, who was older than her, had been found in a hospital. But later the death of all four was confirmed.
The minor, the program said, is doing well and is already resting with her grandmother in a hotel in Cordoba after receiving three stitches in her head.
Family members, and welcome and prayers from Attendis schools.
The Unicatólicos post says that Cristina “has the affection of her grandparents, uncles and aunts and schoolmates. They went to the schools Tierrallana and Entrepinos, of the Attendis group” (close to Opus Dei)”. In fact, the schools of this group include many of the teachings of St. Josemaría, founder of Opus Dei. Opus Dei, The Prelature assists them in their work of Christian formation.
Since yesterday, Attendis schools have been holding masses and prayers for the family, and the school has decided to take over all the expenses of the girl's education until she finishes her stay there, as the principal commented in a video that you can watch here.
Other dead and missing
Social networks have also reported the disappearance, at the time of writing, of a numerary of Opus Dei, María Luisa Eugui, who was on her way to Huelva to visit relatives.
And also of the death, among others, of journalist Óscar Toro and photojournalist María Clauss, who were returning from Madrid on this last train that had a final stop in Huelva. The couple was well known for their activity in the world of communication, activism and culture.
The parish of Adamuz and the whole Church are involved
Like reported Omnes, the parish of San Andrés, Adamuz, has turned to welcome and care for those affected and their families by the train accident.
The bishop of Cordoba, Monsignor Jesús Fernández, immediately contacted Rafael Prados Godoy, parish priest of Adamuz, so that he offered the parish space and food for the first needs of those affected. They also communicated to the Government Delegation the willingness to “help with people and resources to support as far as possible. The Bishop commended the victims and the injured to the Lord so that ”they may not fail to receive his help, strength and consolation in this moment of uncertainty and pain“.
Pope Leo XIV has shown in recent days his deep regret and closeness to the families of the victims and their condolences and prayers, as have the Spanish Episcopal Conference, the Spanish bishops, and numerous ecclesial realities.
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