“Take my daughter”: The cry of an Argentine journalist when recounting the harsh request of a Ukrainian colleague

The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine includes hundreds of stories of despair and anguish. Many of them are released in the international media and are surprising due to the context in which the Ukrainian inhabitants find themselves: postcards of war and farewells between family members are some of the many most heartbreaking scenarios. On this occasion, the reporter Sol Macaluso revealed from the city of Lviv a special request made by a teammate.

The young woman of Argentine nationality was live with Ana Rosa’s program (Telecinco), cycle in which he began to work since he lives in Spain. It was on a cell phone from the Ukraine, when Sol spoke of the difficult situation faced by civilians that are there.

“No one is really prepared. I have known these people for more than a month, we have shared all day. It is very hard that they have to stay to defend their country and leave his family,” he said, after mentioning that his teammates They must stay in their places of origin. to face the war, while the rest of his relatives head towards a safer place.

The days of work on the site made both the reporter and her teammates form a close bond. In this framework, Sol broke down in tears when he revealed that his fixers Max, who is in charge of guiding them in the Ukraine, asked him to take his daughter.

“It is very hard that they have to stay, leave their family and come and tell you ‘please, take my daughter and take care of her, that she lacks nothing”, he commented. With tears in his eyes and a broken voice, Macaluso expressed: “There are no words”.

On the other hand, Sol confessed that from the beginning promised to get the girl out of Ukraine and accompany her in the hard process that entails moving away from her parents. “It’s my family now, is my sister (…) My family is getting bigger and bigger with each one of them. They are amazing people so whatever it takes, ”she said, wiping tears from her face.

Hours after revealing the information, the young woman raised her voice on social networks, but this time to make a clarification. “I want to tell you that this morning, when we connected for the Ana Rosa program, I told you about my daughter’s fixersMax. I want to clarify that she is not the daughter of my cameraman Stephan.told his more than 180,000 followers on Instagram.

The moment she mentioned the subject, the journalist confessed that her plans to return to the European country took another course. “In principle she was going to return to Spain today or soon but I decided, because of my commitment to the profession and my commitment to my cameraman, to stay in Lviv a few more days”.

Although she commented that the decision was not easy, she reiterated the reasons that led her to take this action. “I don’t know, there are no words for what one feels. On the one hand, of course, the desire to go, to be with my family, to see them and make them calmer. On the other hand, love and commitment to the profession. I was at a crossroads all day, at first it seemed that I was leaving but then I ended up deciding this.

Finally, Macaluso revealed what will happen to Max’s girl, his fixer. “It is taken by a small great giant of our team that returns to Spain. It will be very well taken care of. As I have mentioned, we are all one big family in this work team. Hopefully he can be reunited with his family soon, either here in his country or in any place that is safe for all of them, “she closed.

In this way, the young woman made it clear that her commitment is to continue showing the images and stories that are hidden behind the war and thus he revealed one of the most difficult scenes of the context in which hundreds of Ukrainians find themselves, like that of his co-worker.

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