{"id":3505,"date":"2025-12-29T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:30:26","slug":"video-a-mothers-cry-inside-an-ambulance-grief-unfolds-as-body-believed-to-be-valencia-coachs-daughter-is-evacuated-in-labuan-bajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/video-a-mothers-cry-inside-an-ambulance-grief-unfolds-as-body-believed-to-be-valencia-coachs-daughter-is-evacuated-in-labuan-bajo\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | A Mother\u2019s Cry Inside an Ambulance: Grief Unfolds as Body Believed to Be Valencia Coach\u2019s Daughter Is Evacuated in Labuan Bajo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia<\/strong> \u2014 A short video recorded at a harbour in eastern Indonesia has captured the most painful moment yet in the unfolding tragedy of the Putri Sakinah boat sinking: the moment a mother is confronted with what authorities believe to be the body of her missing child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The footage, obtained by <em>Hey Bali News<\/em> from journalists on the ground in Labuan Bajo, documents the evacuation of a young girl\u2019s body from the waters of Komodo National Park on Monday morning. The child is believed to be the daughter of a Spanish football coach from Valencia, whose family was swept into disaster when their tourist vessel sank days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video does not show the sea, nor the wreckage. Instead, it focuses on what follows \u2014 the quiet efficiency of rescue teams, and the raw, unfiltered grief of a parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Boat to Shore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening seconds of the video, officers from Indonesia\u2019s National Search and Rescue Agency, BASARNAS, identifiable by their orange uniforms, are seen standing on a pier in Labuan Bajo. With measured movements, they lift a yellow body bag from a small vessel and carry it ashore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other officials \u2014 police officers and port authority personnel \u2014 stand nearby, forming a silent corridor as the transfer takes place. The harbour is active, yet subdued. No sirens. No shouting. Only coordination and tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The body bag is then carried toward an ambulance parked just meters from the pier, guarded closely as it moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Ambulance Door Closes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As the body is placed into the ambulance, the emotional weight of the scene shifts sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the vehicle, a woman with light-colored hair is already waiting. Her posture is rigid, her expression strained by anticipation. She is the child\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moment the stretcher slides into place, her composure collapses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She begins to cry uncontrollably, her voice rising above the ambient noise. In Spanish, she repeats, <em>\u201cNecesito verlo\u201d<\/em> \u2014 \u201cI need to see her.\u201d She calls out a name, over and over, her voice breaking as she tries to reach toward the body bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man beside her, believed to be a family member, wraps his arms around her in an attempt to steady her. It does not stop the sobbing. She clings to the stretcher, pressing herself toward the bag as if proximity alone might bring certainty, or comfort, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambulance doors close soon after, sealing a moment of private grief that the camera, briefly and respectfully, bears witness to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | Mother\u2019s Grief at Labuan Bajo Harbor as Body of Missing Child From Valencia Coach\u2019s Family Is Evacuated<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/al5ppKTwYz\">https:\/\/t.co\/al5ppKTwYz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Video?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Video<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Komodo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Komodo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LabuanBajo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LabuanBajo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PutriSakinah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PutriSakinah<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SearchAndRescue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SearchAndRescue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fkUjetCOjK\">pic.twitter.com\/fkUjetCOjK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hey Bali (@Heybaliinfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heybaliinfo\/status\/2005525139484791265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Tragedy Still Unfolding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to authorities, the body was recovered earlier that morning after being spotted by local fishermen near Pulau Serai, within the Komodo National Park area. The remains were transported to Labuan Bajo for formal identification at Komodo Regional Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child is believed to be one of the three children of Fernando Mart\u00edn Carreras, a coach with Valencia CF\u2019s women\u2019s reserve team. Carreras and his children were reported missing after the tourist vessel <em>Putri Sakinah<\/em> sank in rough seas while traveling between Komodo Island and Pulau Padar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife and youngest daughter survived the sinking. Three family members remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reported by Christo Hulir <br>Written by<a href=\"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Hey Bali Newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia \u2014 A short video recorded at a harbour in eastern Indonesia has captured the most painful moment yet in the unfolding tragedy of the Putri Sakinah boat sinking: the moment a mother is confronted with what authorities believe to be the body of her missing child. 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