Donón, the village of the O Hío parish where two of the three survivors of the “Villa de Pitanxo” shipwreck are neighbors, woke up yesterday in peace after the skipper Juan Padín and his nephew, Eduardo Rial, arrived at their houses at dawn after landing after midnight at the Santiago de Compostela airport. However, early in the morning they were no longer at their homes, as they went to Marín to meet with those responsible for the shipbuilding company. Moreover, they did not return to their homes throughout the day.
It was Eduardo Rial’s partner, Sara Prieto, who recounted the first sensations of one of the survivors after the tragedy that shocked all of Galicia. “I prefer not to talk much until Edu tells me what happened,” she said mid-morning. Regarding the state of her partner, she acknowledged that “he is quite affected.”
Sara Prieto, on her first day since Eduardo returned home, opted for a day of recollection at home in the presence of the media abroad, although she did go out with her two pets for a walk a couple of times around the area. the well-known Conch shell of the Costa da Vela. She assures that “physically he is fine. She arrived without physical problems, ”she pointed out, hinting that the consequences of the tragedy are more emotional. “We didn’t have much time to talk, anyway, because he was so late. Let’s see how he finds himself once the days go by”. Sara Prieto is clear about her intentions: “I don’t want her to go back to the sea.” In any case, she points out that “I know what Eduardo is like and I know that he will come back. I have it clear”.
Some 200 meters separate Eduardo’s house and Juan Padín’s, where hardly any movements were recorded throughout the day with the boss in contact with the shipowner.
The owner’s sister and mother of Eduardo Rial, Gloria Padín, was upset by the expectation that everything related to the sinking attracts and there were few outings on public roads throughout yesterday. “The relatives of those who survived feel a lot of pain. The only thing we ask is that they reactivate the search for my son’s other companions.”
The resumption yesterday of the search thanks to the Galician and Portuguese fleet opens a new hope for the relatives of the disappeared, who at least want to be able to mourn the body of those who suffered the shipwreck.