Javier y las 154 velas para Maricarmen
Cientos de vecinos y curiosos pasan durante la noche por delante de la casa de la mujer para dejar velas y mensajes en recuerdo de la mujer, fallecida a los 15 días de su desahucio
It is nearly two o'clock in the morning at number 47 on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street in Madrid. Only Javier García remains, lighting the 154 candles placed in front of Maricarmen's doorway, in memory of the woman who passed away at the Gregorio Marañón hospital 15 days earlier. The wind in Madrid is struggling to extinguish the flames.
García is the last of the hundreds of neighbors and curious onlookers who have passed by the house of the woman, who was forcibly removed from her 71-year residence over the course of the night. In front of that doorway, a makeshift vigil has been set up. The candles pile up on the sidewalk. Next to it, a card collects the messages left throughout the night.
"Thank you for changing Spain." "May it never happen again." "We will not forget you." Someone has even scrawled on the side: "You were the home of all."
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