Tragedy in Santa Cruz Church: survivors narrate the moment of the collapse

On the afternoon of Sunday, October 1, an accident occurred in the Holy Cross Churchfrom the colony National unity of Madero City in Tamaulipasthe roof of the parish collapsed and with it the construction of the temple collapsed, so dozens of people were trapped under the rubble.

Bodies of Civil protection as well as paramedics from the Red Cross to continue the rescue efforts. The Tamaulipas Security Spokesperson confirmed that the events occurred at 2:18 p.m. (central Mexico), apparently due to a failure in the structure of the church, according to authorities.

Personnel from the Navy, the Mexican Army as well as the Civil Protection and the Red Cross continue their rescue efforts for the believers who were left under the rubble of the church.

Infobae Mexico He was able to contact one of the people who was inside the church at the time of the collapse. She was rescued by Civil Protection elements and taken to one of the hospitals in the region. Relatives of Martín Enrique Acosta Hernández reported that he is stable.

When asked about what happened in the church at the time of the collapse, they explained that they have not had time to talk to their family member and are paying attention to the doctors' instructions to discharge him and take him home.

“We haven't had the chance to talk very well, just messages to find out how he is doing. “Right now we have to buy him a neck brace and we have to move in a hospital,” she said. On the other hand, they confirmed that “there are people who are going to remain hospitalized” due to the severity of the injuries.

For your part Josefina Ramireza survivor of the collapse, narrated on social media what her experience was like at the time of the collapse.

“Thank God I'm alive. I pray for all my colleagues present at the Church of the Holy Cross in Ciudad Madero, something ugly that happened at the baptism of my goddaughter, desperate, thanks to that person who supported me in my work, to the traffic and state corps […] I felt like I wasn't going to be able to see my beautiful family again, to see my desperate mother-in-law and my friend, something that I can't explain how we got out."

It was the message he uploaded to his Facebook profile.

According to the Tamaulipas spokesperson, until the information cutoff at 6:00 p.m., the authorities increased the number of fatalities from the accident. When the rescue efforts first began, they confirmed that there were at least three deaths, but the number of deaths rose to seven.

Until now, the identities of the people who died are unknown; on the other hand, they confirmed that 10 people have already been rescued from the rubble.

As they announced in a bulletin published on their official Facebook account.

On the other hand, Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya instructed the Secretary General of the Government, the Coordinator of State Civil Protection and the authorities of the Health sector to go to the scene of the events to coordinate the work and personally attend to the affected families.

They also revealed the names of the victims who have already been rescued and taken to the hospital.

Michelle Estefanía García Cruz, 13 years old; María Guadalupe Bravo Rangel, 77; Iván García Alemán, 30 years old, and Juana María García Bravo, José Luis Sánchez Morales, 55 years old, Denisse Patricia Murillo, 41, as well as Gabriel González Méndez and Diego Martínez Gaspar, the latter 5 years old.