The
orange alert
that the AMBA has been under since the beginning of the week, due to strong and constant storms, was mainly affected by several neighborhoods and municipalities in the Conurbano that suffered
flooding
in both streets and homes.
And former soccer player
Omar Gallardo
is one of the many victims of the storm.
The player who left San Lorenzo in 1999, more than seven years after his retirement,
lives in the Diamante neighborhood
, in the town of Lanús.
The house in which he lives with his four children suffered extensive damage due to the more than 100 millimeters of water that fell in the last few hours.
"
Everything I had got wet
. The water reached my knees.
I lost the washing machine, the chair, the children's mattresses and the wardrobes, which are made of wood and are now all inflated
," Gallardo confessed to
Clarín
in distress .
The drama began this Tuesday morning, around 9:30, when the first leaks became noticeable in Omar's house.
"I am separated and my children live with me by their own decision. But
yesterday I had to take them to their grandmother's in this situation because the water did not stop rising
," says El
Indio
, a nickname he received during his time as a soccer player in which He served as a central midfielder in several teams belonging to the promotion.
Video
The former San Lorenzo suffers from the high flow of water that fell on his neighborhood, in Lanús: "My house is a pool," he says.
The fact of suffering from floods when incessant rains hit the City of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires suburbs, unfortunately, is already a common occurrence for the inhabitants of the Diamante neighborhood.
However, Omar confesses that this occasion was one of the worst in the state of his house: "
Before (the water) never exceeded the height of the twins and now it was above the knee
."
Despite 24 hours having passed since the beginning of the flood and "having less water" inside his house, in every video that Gallardo records to demonstrate his situation,
the splash produced by the soles of his shoes can still be heard. shoes when he hits the puddles that still have the rooms of his house
.
The arduous activity of trying to save his belongings and drain as much water as possible, which he had to endure for an entire day, with the help of one of his children, was overwhelming for Omar.
He had to spend the night alone, sleeping on his wet mattress, while he also supported his neighbors who were in the same conditions.
Omar Gallardo was a victim of the AMBA floods.
"Now I'm with the world champion drinking mate. There's no other option," says Gallardo, seeking to take the situation with humor through a recording in which he shows his dining room completely flooded.
When he opens the shot, without losing his humor, he shows the thermos that has a
Lionel Messi
sticker attached to it .
"To all those who said that water did not enter these areas, here we are. My house is a pool," criticizes El Indio, showing the state of his home.
And he adds: "
Water everywhere, with everything floating
."
In parallel to his story, in the recording
you can see a piece of loot
peeking out among the many things that were left under water.
Gallardo lives in the town of Lanús thanks to his job after football: since the pandemic
he has driven an ambulance for the Clínica Blanca
, traveling throughout Greater Buenos Aires, and he also performs his role as an orderly.
Since December, Indio Gallardo has been driving an ambulance at the Cruz Blanca clinic in Lanús.
Beyond having debuted in San Lorenzo, and having had a career of close to two decades, with spells in
Aldosivi
,
Chacarita, Atlético Tucumán
and retiring in
Excursionistas
in 2017 at the age of 37, Gallardo was not "saved" financially after hanging up his boots. .
That is why he had to look for another field to dedicate himself to to support his four children, ages ranging from 12 to 23 years old.
"Now I'm still at home taking out the remaining water. But as soon as it rains a little, it starts to rise again. It's hard because I had a lot of losses, my
heart was breaking
. Plus my situation is not good financially.
I'll see how I can get ahead.
" , admits Omar, whose main objective is to find a way to rebuild his situation by caring for his little ones.
Information to collaborate with Omar Gallardo
CVU: 0000003100055376645702
Aliases: omargallardo16
CUIT/CUIL: 23271539479