Find out what Mexico City is doing in the face of the 1:37 subway tragedy
(CNN Spanish) -
Enrique Bonilla returned from working like every day on Line 12 of the Mexico City subway and was about to face "the worst day of his life."
On the same train were sisters Nancy and Tania Lesama, 23 and 15 years old.
Both were returning from work and shopping, respectively, one of their cousins told CNN.
Unfortunately Nancy passed away and will not be returning home.
Tania fights for her life and to be able to recover from the accident in a hospital in the Mexican capital.
These are their stories.
CNN was able to speak with Enrique Bonilla, who assured that the screams of the people who were trapped in the collapsed Line 12 train on Monday, helped him call for help and managed to get out of the car.
Bonilla, through tears, said that the moment is indescribable and will remain in her head.
«I was about to get off at the Olivos subway station, which is the one that followed, then at the moment I got up from my place to be able to get off.
At that moment there was a loud sound, tremendously and I feel how the subway cars go down, like a slide, they all begin to fall.
I managed to hold on to some tubes, a tube and with one foot a guy as if stopping me.
Because he was already about to fall, "said the Mexican.
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Bonilla said that he began to understand the accident.
«The desperation of the people was what made me react and there were many screams, a lot of despair.
I saw a window that was ajar between the window and the door and what I did was get closer.
At that moment I think that in about five or ten minutes, some people went up with a ladder, breaking glass, glass.
As they are glass that is protected, it was difficult for them, but at the moment that the gap was opened more, I told them if they would help me out ».
Bonilla assures that it was citizens who helped him escape after the incident and adds that he was assisted by other people who asked him to calm down.
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«I wanted to scream, to run, but when I saw other people who were under some cars.
Believe me, the feeling won me over and I thanked God that I had been born again, to live.
And I started crying.
Believe me this is something that sticks in your head.
And no, it is not easy, it is not easy.
In that same car, the Lesama sisters were about to arrive at the station where their parents were waiting for them.
Her cousin, Adriana Martínez, related to Gabriela Frías the ordeal that her family has suffered since the tragic night to recover Nancy's body and to provide medical attention to Tania for the injuries suffered in the accident.
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«The body of my cousin was given to us and the funerals are being carried out with the whole family, in the house of my cousins.
That's where the funerals are being held, ”says Adriana.
She assures that they spent hours to locate the body of her cousin Nancy and that the family lived a way of the cross to be able to find a hospital where they could properly treat Tania's injuries.
"They are two sisters who loved each other very much, they loved each other, daughters of the family who always emotionally and financially support their parents and therefore studied," Adriana mentioned.
The Mexican authorities have hired a Norwegian company to carry out the investigation to help bring justice to the victims and find out the truth about the accident.
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The so-called "golden line" is the most recent infrastructure of the subway that connects the east with the west of the capital of Mexico, but since its conception in 2007, the political actors and companies that were part of its construction have been questioned for their constant failures, as reported by the Investigative Commission of the Legislative Assembly of Line 12 of the STC Metro.
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This Wednesday the family of Nancy Lesama buried their daughter and gave her one last goodbye.
They hope that Tania will recover from her injuries.
Tlahúac continues to bury his dead and hope that his tragedy will obtain justice.
Mario González, Gabriela Frías, and Krupskaia Alis contributed to this report.
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