La devastadora inundación que golpeó a Bahía Blanca, dejando un saldo trágico de 12 muertos y la desaparición de dos niñas, Delfina y Pilar Hecker, de 5 y 1 años. Las autoridades locales, junto con el gobierno nacional, están movilizando recursos para la reconstrucción de la ciudad y la búsqueda urgente de las menores. La situación es crítica con infraestructuras destruidas, incluyendo hospitales y rutas.
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00:00Good afternoon.
00:02How are you? Good afternoon, how are you?
00:04Well, if it can be said, because you have a lot of work ahead of you in the face of the dimension of the tragedy, right?
00:10Yes, yes, yes, yes. Really, really, yes. The dimension of the tragedy is really very, very big.
00:16It will require a lot of work, a lot of resources to be able to do the reconstruction of the city,
00:23so that people can return to a normal life.
00:28I just spoke to the governor who had just arrived from Bahía Blanca.
00:32He told me a little about what he had been going through and seeing the situation,
00:36which is really, really very worrying.
00:40We are already planning the reconstruction and assistance tasks, beyond the immediate,
00:47which, among other things, is to look for these girls who have disappeared,
00:52the person in the truck that was with them, who is also missing,
00:57and to continue so that people continue to meet, because beyond these three people,
01:03who are the ones who are, let's say, really missing,
01:06because they were seen, they were seen at first that they were dragged by the water,
01:10then there are many people who are missing and missing.
01:13So we also have to work in this situation.
01:15Carlos, obviously, they are all focused on what happened to Pilar and Delfina,
01:22who are 5 and 1 years old,
01:24who have a disagreement with their family, that something has happened that prevents them from communicating.
01:29Obviously, everyone is betting on that.
01:31But we would like, if you have data, to provide a little clarity,
01:34because there are several stories that are being told,
01:36that we are telling ourselves with the little information we have.
01:39And as far as we know, they were, or at least one of them,
01:42on a truck from a postal service company.
01:46Is this correct? The last time you saw her?
01:48It is correct.
01:49About an hour ago, I spoke with Alonso, with the head, with the Minister of Security.
01:55Alonso told me what the case was like, and it is very similar to what you were just telling.
02:00I was listening to them, that, well, they were coming in a car with the mother and the father, I understand.
02:07And he was denied, and a truck just passed, and the mother and the girls passed the truck.
02:15The water rose, they went to El Capó, they were in El Capó, and well,
02:19from there the water level increased, and well, it would seem that they were dragged by the water.
02:27Because there is information that says that Delfina had been dragged by the current,
02:32and Pilar had stayed above the roof. I don't know if you have information about that.
02:38Yes, yes, I do not have that detail on time,
02:41because it is something that the Minister told me over the phone while he was doing the tour,
02:45but this is the general situation.
02:48They were in a truck from a postal service company,
02:53and they had tried to get the family out of there while the father was staying with the car,
02:58and well, that was the situation.
03:01Let's hope, let's hope that we can quickly find the whereabouts of the girls.
03:06Now, as far as I can tell concretely, what do you know about the last time you saw them?
03:11What is the last testimony that there is regarding this?
03:14No, no, this, this that I just told you.
03:16You said dragged, I say to understand that part.
03:19Yes, yes, that's why, because there is no direct witness,
03:23it seems that the father saw people who were being carried by the water,
03:27but there is no precision either, there is no precision either.
03:29Of course, you have to understand the moment too.
03:31They were in the middle of the storm, with the water rising.
03:34Desperate, desperate, desperate.
03:36It is difficult to remember something clearly, we understand the family too.
03:40Bianco, there was an image that caught a lot of attention,
03:43but that in some way is the most normal thing in the world,
03:46in a country that faces a situation like the one faced by Bahía Blanca,
03:50or punctually a city within a country that faces a situation like the one faced by Bahía Blanca,
03:54which is the photo that was seen yesterday afternoon with the Minister of Security
03:58and at the same time the governor of the province of Buenos Aires acting in the same direction.
04:03And the funds sent by the national government,
04:06which I understand are to alleviate the first hours,
04:08because a good part of the city will have to be rebuilt.
04:12Yes, yes, indeed.
04:14We, from very early on,
04:16when we started to see what was going to be the magnitude of the tragedy,
04:20of the flood,
04:22I communicated with the head of the Cabinet of Ministers,
04:26with Guillermo Franco, to tell him what was happening,
04:29if they were aware.
04:31He told me that they were going to contact me quickly,
04:34the Minister of Security, Patricia Ulrich,
04:36and the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Petovello.
04:39That's how it was.
04:40Both of them called me.
04:41They made themselves available.
04:42From there, we started to work together on rescue issues,
04:47security issues, civil defense issues,
04:50and also some issues related to assistance.
04:53The same later with the Minister of Defense,
04:57who made himself available,
04:59the Army vehicles, etc.
05:01And also yesterday afternoon,
05:03I asked him, as you said,
05:05for a first assistance of 10 billion pesos
05:08to alleviate the need for goods or funds,
05:13to alleviate the immediate need.
05:15But the funds that will be needed for the reconstruction,
05:19according to what the Governor told me,
05:22are very large, very important funds.
05:25We are already starting to make an estimate,
05:29because only the conditioning of the provincial hospital
05:33is going to be a very, very large amount,
05:35because all the equipment was lost,
05:37all the medical equipment,
05:40the new intensive care beds,
05:42we had equipped them during the pandemic.
05:44Well, a disaster, an absolute disaster.
05:46And only the hospital,
05:47in addition to the repair of the routes,
05:49of the bridges that fell,
05:51of the asphalts that were broken.
05:54Well, the truth is that the amount
05:56is going to be an important amount,
05:58and we are going to have to require
06:00a more important help,
06:02surely, from the national government.
06:04Minister, we thank you very much
06:06that you have attended us,
06:08even with so much work,
06:10and a Saturday afternoon.
06:12We send you a hug.
06:14Thank you very much, and a hug.
06:16Imagine that it will be very difficult
06:18to make an estimate,
06:20as the Minister just said,
06:23of the infrastructure,
06:25to put it correctly,
06:26that could have been broken in this time,
06:28of the damage that the storm has caused,
06:31at least to do it in a relatively reasonable period.
06:34We understand that those 10 billion,
06:36or those 10 billion, as we just said,
06:38are a palliative,
06:39as Bianco himself confirmed,
06:41because it is for the present,
06:43the present.
06:44Imagine that there are still areas
06:46that are completely unconnected,
06:48that there is no electricity,
06:49that there is no electricity,
06:50that it will not return soon,
06:51due to the destruction of the basic infrastructure,
06:53that the asphalt has been broken,
06:55that routes have been broken in the middle,
06:57that bridges have been broken,
06:59that they have literally lost the hospital,
07:01as the Minister just said,
07:02just to say some of the economic losses,
07:05plus 12 confirmed lives that were lost now,
07:08and the disappearance of two girls,
07:11Delfina and Pilar Hecker,
07:13of 5 and 1 years of that story,
07:15and in the place of the facts
07:17is now Alejandro Pueblas.
07:19How are you Ale, good afternoon.
07:22Very good afternoon,
07:23the situation is otherwise critical,
07:25where we are now with Ernesto Tallareta.
07:27We are trying to get to Cerri,
07:29it is one of the most affected towns.
07:31Look, for that side,
07:32now entering a machine
07:33to try to uncover
07:34part of the water circulation,
07:36a lady with her puppy
07:38who had to be saved.
07:39We see people here,
07:40but we are not going to get closer.
07:41Let's see, come here.
07:42Look, this is the street
07:43Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
07:45And I'm going to tell you the reality.
07:46We came with the car on the route,
07:47trying to turn,
07:48the GPS marked us
07:49to turn right here.
07:50Look.
07:51There is nothing.
07:52This is the street that enters Cerri.
07:54At this time it is a stream
07:57that goes directly,
07:58the water running to Cerri,
07:59to the side where these girls
08:01were on top of the truck.
08:03What you see there is a house.
08:05At this time,
08:06it is a pile of rubble.
08:08The water here reached more than 2 meters.
08:10For you to have an idea
08:11of the force of the water,
08:12the guards started.
08:14Look how they have been torn
08:16and thrown some on the asphalt.