Gustavo Gatica: “A year ago I lost my eyes; I have cried, but I am still standing”



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Gustavo Gatica Villarroel, the young man who in November 2019 lost the vision of both eyes when receiving pellets fired by a policeman, assured this Sunday that -one year after the fact- “still standing”, despite having had a bad time.

A year ago Claudio Crespo shot me in the face with pellets. It’s been a year since I lost my eyes, and yes, I’ve had a hard time. I’ve cried and got frustrated, but I’m still standing here, learning every day “Gatica said on her Instagram account.

In this writing, the affected person names Lieutenant Colonel Crespo, accused as the material author of the shooting that blinded him.

In addition, the young man assured – quoting a fragment of a song by Silvio Rodriguez– that in the future he will know if this radical change in his life was “for the better or for the worse”, but, for now, he considers himself happy.

“A year ago my life changed, for the better or for the worse? Only time will tell, for now i know i’m happy, and is that as the great Silvio says “at the end of this journey in life (…) there are those who can smile, in the midst of death in full light “, noted in the post.



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