The whole world is watching the jungle wonder Colombia. The children survived only because of the behavior of 13-year-old Lesly. The quartet is now being nursed back to health in a hospital. But what about the psyche of the little ones? Peter Stippl, Vice President of the Federal Association for Psychotherapy, analyzes for the “Krone”.
For four days, the children had to watch their mother struggle to survive after the plane crash. But then Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia gave up and ordered the posterity: “Save yourself!”
Lesly, the 13-year-old sister, took charge. After 40 days, the quartet was discovered in the jungle. The children will be cared for at least three weeks in Bogotá hospital. They are skinny and need to be nurtured there.
‘Impossible that they don’t have trauma’
“They have had to endure a lot of drama. It is impossible that they will not be traumatized,” analyzes Peter Stippl, vice president of the Federal Association for Psychotherapy. For minutes you witnessed a plane crash. “The children were terrified. Then they had to watch their mother fight death and lost,” said the expert.
“Lesly in particular has outgrown herself in the pain of death,” says the expert. “I could imagine the 13-year-old encouraging her siblings.” The fact that the children are indigenous and know their way around the jungle was also a productive factor.
“Indigenous peoples are more united”
“In indigenous groups, cohesion is much stronger. That certainly helped in the fight for survival. A child growing up in a European metropolis would not have the conditions to survive 40 days under these conditions,” analyzes the vice president of the Federal Association of Psychotherapy. Lesly saw how her mother took care of a one-year-old baby. Her family taught her which fruits can be eaten in the jungle and which plants are poisonous.
The drama began on May 1 when the group made a routine flight in a Cessna 206 from Araracuara to the city of San Jose del Guaviare. In a country with such dense jungle, light aircraft and boats are often the only viable means of transportation. A few minutes after starting the 350 km journey, the pilot reported engine problems and the aircraft disappeared from radar.
When the wreckage of the plane was found after weeks of searching, not only were the children not found dead alongside the adults, but pieces of fruit suggested they all survived.
Source: Krone
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