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“Don’t pull me out… my daughters are holding my hands.”

Those were the final words of a father in the Vargas tragedy of 1999 — words spoken in despair, but also as a timeless declaration of love. He could have chosen to save himself. He could have let go of the tiny hands clinging desperately to him. But he chose to stay. He chose love. 💔

That December, unrelenting rains poured down, turning Venezuela’s Vargas state into an ocean of mud and stone. More than 10,000 lives were lost. Entire villages disappeared. Futures were erased in a single night. 🌊🏚️ It was not only a natural disaster, but also a collapse of hope — the cries of mothers, the silence of children, the grief of families torn apart.

And yet, amid the devastation, one image endures: a father buried beneath the earth, refusing to let go of his daughters’ hands. He would not be pulled free if it meant leaving them behind. Death did not separate them. Instead, it bound them together in one final embrace. 👨‍👧‍👧🌹

This is the immortal truth the Vargas tragedy left behind: love can be stronger than fear, stronger than despair, stronger even than death itself. 🌈

Today, when those words are remembered, we do not only recall a disaster. We recall a testimony of the unbreakable power of a father’s love. In the last moments, when everything else fell apart, one thing remained unshaken: love. ❤️🕯️