Beatriz Reyes, from Gran Canaria, who was discharged this morning from the Infanta Sofía Hospital in San Sebastián de los Reyes, where she was treated for her leg wound, said as soon as she met the numerous journalists who were waiting for her that she feels "an immense joy because I was born again, but also an immense sadness for what has happened and because others cannot tell it".
Reyes, 41, stated that the plane "perhaps was not going so fast" at the time of takeoff compared to other flights she has traveled on and explained that when she realized the accident "is when the plane pulls the wing, I hear screams and I don't remember anything else". The survivor recounted that it was at that moment when "my stomach turns over".
After the impact "I clung to myself and I don't remember what I saw, I heard voices but I don't know how much time passed". Regarding her cool blood to make a tourniquet and rescue two children from the wreckage of the fuselage, Reyes stated that "anyone in that case would have done the same".
Beatriz Reyes, who returns to Gran Canaria this Wednesday, wanted to thank the treatment of the healthcare staff who treated her and who have been "hugging me and giving me kisses and caresses at all times". About her return to the island, she says she has a "contradictory feeling because the bodies are arriving and I am arriving walking". Reyes also wanted to send "a huge hug to the families of the victims" and stressed that although all of Spain mourns the tragedy, in Gran Canaria the pain is closer "because we all know each other"
Flying again
"I think I should fly again, because it will be good for me", Beatriz Reyes is said to have said these days by the doctors themselves at the Infanta Sofía Hospital, where she has been discharged after indicating that "she needed to fly again" because "she understood" that it would be beneficial to try to move on.
In a press conference offered by the manager of this Hospital of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Carmen Martínez de Pancorbo, and two of the specialists who treated her, they also highlighted that everyone "was amazed by the strength she has" and that in the emergency service "our voices trembled more than hers".
As an example of Beatriz's "composure", they pointed out that she began to call doctors and nurses by their names from the moment they were introduced to her and that she immediately informed them of the cell phone numbers of family and friends they should call.
They also indicated that from the second or third day "she asked for all the newspapers, because she wanted to be informed of the accident", as well as that her sight be re-graded, as she had lost her glasses in the accident.
The only physical sequelae that Beatriz has left from the accident is a small scar on her leg at the height of her knee, and although "it is still early" to evaluate the psychological sequelae, the specialists are optimistic.
An engineer from Alcalá de Henares who was on the crashed flight remains admitted to the Infanta Sofía Hospital in San Sebastián de los Reyes and is in serious condition.
NIGHT OUT
Today he will be operated on again for a fracture and the doctors are optimistic about his evolution, but Beatriz Reyes, who will travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tomorrow, will spend tonight outside the medical center, as she has friends and family in Madrid where she can stay.
"She has preferred to take this night in Madrid, to adapt little by little", commented the manager of the Hospital after indicating that Beatriz has given more details of the accident during her stay than she has offered to the media, but that her privacy must be respected.
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