The miners who saved Julen spoke for the first time

The Juvenile Brigade members in charge of saving Julen from the Totalán well spoke for the first time after their mission.

"We are not heroes, we have simply done our job," said the technical director of the Central Mine Rescue Brigade who participated in the rescue of Julen, Sergio Tuñón Iglesias. In this sense, neither he nor the rest of the brigadists feel themselves heroes.

They were overwhelmed by the excessive attention given by the media about it. "We were struck with such a repercussion," admitted Tuñón, although he said that his "shyness" did not prevent them from thanking the recognition of their work.

"We did our job in the best way possible," said the brigadier, recognizing that they felt more "calm" once their stowage was performing their task.

And he added: "It's a memory that will not be erased, we'll always be grateful for it, the result leaves us with a very bitter taste, because you do not feel 100% useful."

Towards the end of his statement, Tuñón said: "We would have liked another result, we did what we could and we worked the best we know."

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SOURCE: THE VANGUARDIA