Herminia kissed the Mexican soil when she got off the plane that brought her from Israel

When descending from plane of the Mexican Air Force (FAM)in which he left Israel on a rescue mission, Herminia Cedano, originally from Michoacán, knelt down to kiss the Mexican soil, for the excitement of returning.

That emotion of getting off, of first kissing the Mexican soil. Yes, I kissed him out of the emotion of having returned, of having returned here, of having returned to Mexico,” commented the woman, who traveled to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage, along with 50 other people.

The 737-800 plane, registration 3528, of the FAM landed at 7:05 p.m. on the runway of the Military Air Base (BAM) number 1, of Santa Lucía, in the State of Mexico, after 22 hours of flight, from from the David Ben Gurion International Airport, in the city of Tel Aviv.

After taxiing to the Passenger Terminal platform, the service van approached with the ladder for the passengers to descend; Minutes later the front door opened and personnel from the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) got in, leaving later with the crew.

A few minutes passed and at 7:27 p.m. Herminia Cedano appeared at the door, with her carry-on suitcase, went down the steps one by one and, when she reached the foot of the stairs, she put her suitcase aside and knelt down to kiss the floor.

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Faithful Catholic, she made a trip to Israel for the first time to see the places where Jesus was, and the war came when she was on the Mount of Olives.

The impression, where it caught us was on the Mount of Olives, in Gethsemane, where Jesus Christ cried and shed blood, there it was; We were at a mass, at a holy hour, when we left they gave us the news that we were at war, and I never imagined that it would catch us there,” commented Cedano.

Herminia traveled only with her friends and companions from the group that made the pilgrimage, seniors and adults, from Sinaloa, Nayarit and Michoacán.

Very fatal, because they tell us, let's go, take shelter, let's go to the hotel; You can't go out, otherwise it's your responsibility, it's a lot of pressure, and it was very stressful," commented the pilgrim.

Herminia recalled that there were hours of anguish in the bunker of the hotel where she was staying in Jerusalem, until she learned from a member of her group that the Mexican Foreign Ministry was going to fly a plane to rescue them.

Complete families, mothers with daughters or sons, older people or people with some illness, girls and boys, among others, made up the first flight of the Mexican Air Force of the @SEDENAmx who coordinated the @SRE_mxto safely repatriate the first Mexicans and… pic.twitter.com/cL5yIpuVUF

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Now, he is worried about knowing that there are still many Mexican pilgrims who remain in Israel, in the midst of attacks on the civilian population.

A lot of concern, I would like that, like they rescued me, they would rescue all of them, all of them, but through you they carry out this management, because we have to rescue them,” Herminia requested.

The first person to get off is a woman who, upon touching Mexican soil, kisses the ground, after being rescued by the Sedena from the war in Israel. pic.twitter.com/rXX3Y13tzp

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J.C.S.