1. T HE SPECIAL VIDEO CALL. By: Jessica Paniagua and María Mangas

2. I was drinking a beer with some friends when I got a call. It was a video call from Claire, my girlfriend. She was travelling in the Canary Islands with her family. I moved to a site to listen to her better. She was showing me the Teide volcano on the phone when a terrible eruption started.

3. People began to scream and run at the other side of the phone. I saw my girlfriend with a scary face and suddenly the call was cut. I tried to call her again but her mobile was off. Afterwords, I was shocked so I returned home. I turned the TV on and the first image that I saw was a volcano eruption. I began to feel worried for Claire and her family and at that moment I reacted.

4. I called her hotel and some Canary hospitals but nobody knew about her. One hour later I was driving to the airport and some time later I arrived there. There was a big mess. I went to the last place where I had seen Claire. Obviously, the police didn’t let me get close.

5. Now, three months later We are at Claire and her family’s funeral. They died and nobody could do anything.