A tourist who visited the “Golden Church” in Salvador (BA), with her boyfriend and friends, at the time of the ceiling, reported to CNN Moments of despair: “Traumatized, feeling of sadness,” said Aline Mazocchi.
Of the five people injured, two were friends of Aline.
The couple sat in the first row and still managed to leave the church without injury. “He protected me, throwing me under one of the benches and throwing himself over,” said Aline. “We were very lucky, because the piece of the ceiling that was above the direction where we ran, did not fall completely,” he added.
The friends who accompanied her sat down a little and Two had injuries. One of them took 12 points after having the leg drilled by wreckage. “We had to tear her pants for the orthopedist to be able to access because she swallowed a lot and she could no longer take off her pants,” Aline explained.
Another friend of Aline had a more serious injury, with a leg fracture . “People keep saying they were soft and simple abrasions, but it wasn’t like that,” he says.
A few minutes before the collapse, Aline visualized the cracks in part of the church ceiling. “We look up, over our left shoulder. My boyfriend and I saw the crack, which was opening, and suddenly fell it all. It was all very fast, ”he explained.
According to Aline, about 20 people were in the church at the time of collapse. “We left the only door, For the tile section, ”said Aline.
Death
Paulista Giulia Panchoni Righetto, 26, died on Wednesday afternoon (5), when the ceiling of the São Francisco de Assis Church in Pelourinho collapsed.
Born in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo, Giulia worked in a multinational food company and lived in São Paulo. On social networks, she used to publish images of her daily life, such as trips she made, birthdays and photos with friends.
This content was originally published in Golden Church: “Traumatizing,” says collapse survivor on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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