The father of a three -year miraculous child of the derailment of Lisbon’s funicular finally found alive

The miracle of the child of the disarmed of the Funicular de Lisbon, ultimately, is not the only survivor of his family. Initially announced among the deaths of the accident in the Portuguese capital on Wednesday, September 3, this 46 -year -old German tourist was finally among the injured disaster.

According to the Portuguese version of CNN, the family of the three -year -old boy, who was out of the debris of the Lisbon funicular, had been called to identify the child’s body at the Institute of Legal Medicine, where the remains of the 16 victims of the accident were stored. In vain.

Finally he showed the father’s photo to a police officer, in a street in the center of the city of Lisbon, who could find the trail of her. Wounded and not identifiable at the beginning, it was transported to the São José Hospital.

In a statement transmitted by CNN Portugal, the Judicial Police confirmed that “the German citizen appointed Thursday as one of the fatal victims was found at night hospitalized at São José Hospital.”

The child’s mother was also injured in the derailment of the funicular and transported in critical but stable condition, in another establishment of attention of the city.

“I will never forget this child”

In AFP, a witness of the derailment of the Funicular of Lisbon had said that he had met the child, in the midst of wounded chaos and debris. “I will never forget this child, his bloody face, his tears, the way he resisted … is unforgettable,” said this man saying that he thought of his 20 -month -old daughter.

The three -year -old was the only child among the victims of the accident and went out with light injuries. The Portuguese press explained that it was part of a family of German tourists.

For their part, the authorities simply confirmed that there was also a woman and a man of this nationality among the injured, the child’s parents, therefore. Of the 16 deaths counted are five Portuguese and several foreigners, three British, two South Koreans, two Canadians, a French, a Switzerland, an American and a Ukrainian.