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By AFP
12:07AM BST 18 Sep 2015
A Mexican tourist who survived an air strike in Egypt recalled a harrowing three-hour bombing that killed eight compatriots, including her husband, whose dying words to her were "I love you."
Susan Calderon's dramatic account was published in the El Universal newspaper on Thursday, hours before she and five other survivors headed home on a Mexican government plane with the foreign minister.
Survivors have told Mexican diplomats that they came under fire from a plane and helicopters in Sunday's attack, which was condemned by President Enrique Pena Nieto, who demanded a swift investigation.
"You could see the viciousness with which they came and went... We were bombed about five times, always from the air. It all lasted some three hours," said Calderon, who was wounded in both arms.
Ongoing fighting in Sheikh Zuweid Photo: Youm7
Her husband, Luis Barajas, was one of the eight Mexican tourists who died in the attack. Four Egyptian guides were also killed.
"There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to run... I don't know if it was rockets or bombs or whatever," said Calderon, who was applying sunscreen on her spouse when the tourist convoy came under fire during a lunch break.
Her husband was found alive when rescue workers arrived, she said.
"I saw my husband when they put me on a stretcher to take me to the hospital. I heard him tell me he loved me, and I told him I do to. And then I heard nothing from him again," Calderon said. "It was supposed to be the trip of our lives."
Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Cairo where the injured Mexican tourists are treated Photo: CORBIS.
Despite apologists and European medias that did their ever best to give cover to the Egyptian army murderous raid that lasted 3 hours, this blunder will certainly tarnish Egypt forever..!
12:07AM BST 18 Sep 2015
A Mexican tourist who survived an air strike in Egypt recalled a harrowing three-hour bombing that killed eight compatriots, including her husband, whose dying words to her were "I love you."
Susan Calderon's dramatic account was published in the El Universal newspaper on Thursday, hours before she and five other survivors headed home on a Mexican government plane with the foreign minister.
Survivors have told Mexican diplomats that they came under fire from a plane and helicopters in Sunday's attack, which was condemned by President Enrique Pena Nieto, who demanded a swift investigation.
"You could see the viciousness with which they came and went... We were bombed about five times, always from the air. It all lasted some three hours," said Calderon, who was wounded in both arms.
Her husband, Luis Barajas, was one of the eight Mexican tourists who died in the attack. Four Egyptian guides were also killed.
"There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to run... I don't know if it was rockets or bombs or whatever," said Calderon, who was applying sunscreen on her spouse when the tourist convoy came under fire during a lunch break.
Her husband was found alive when rescue workers arrived, she said.
"I saw my husband when they put me on a stretcher to take me to the hospital. I heard him tell me he loved me, and I told him I do to. And then I heard nothing from him again," Calderon said. "It was supposed to be the trip of our lives."
Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Cairo where the injured Mexican tourists are treated Photo: CORBIS.
Despite apologists and European medias that did their ever best to give cover to the Egyptian army murderous raid that lasted 3 hours, this blunder will certainly tarnish Egypt forever..!
