The community of the municipality of La Argentina, Huila, is moved by a solidarity campaign promoted by the González Muñoz family, after two of its members, Mario Alexis and Diego Fernando González Muñoz, met a tragic end in distant lands.
The brothers, natives of this municipality, had embarked on a trip to Poland in February 2024, loaded with dreams and hopes, but, unfortunately, these desires were blinded by his death.
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Natalia González, sister of the deceased, told the newspaper Time that both had traveled to Poland looking for job opportunities that would allow them to support their family in Colombia. Nevertheless, Their lives were cut short when they tried to retrieve a volleyball from a lake.
“My brothers went out on the morning of May 1st with other friends to play volleyball, but suddenly, in the middle of the game, the ball fell into a lake, so Diego Fernando jumped into the water to get it and couldn’t get out. the shore, apparently, due to cramp problems,” he said. In turn, Mario Alexis tried to save his brother, but both perished in the lake of icy waters.
Mario Alexis, 28 years old, married, father of a minor son, and Diego Fernando, 19 years old, father of a three-month-old baby, They had gotten a job in a furniture factory, seeing it as an opportunity to “work hard,” save, and eventually return to Colombia with enough resources to improve the lives of their loved ones.
“The situation in Colombia is difficult, income is scarce and my brothers, who are farmers, dreamed of working for several years and returning to Colombia with the savings to buy a coffee farm in Huila,” commented Natalia González.
The work of nine firefighters lasted several minutes until the lifeless bodies were removed from the water. They performed the corresponding autopsy and are waiting to be handed over to their families.
The news of their death prompted the González Muñoz family to start a fundraising campaign with the aim of repatriating the bodies of Mario Alexis and Diego Fernando to be able to bury them in their homeland. “We are farmers, we have limited resources, and we ask the Colombian Foreign Ministry to help us manage the transfer of the bodies of my brothers,” said Carlos Alfredo González, a relative of the deceased.
If you are interested in making a contribution, you can make a contribution through the Nequi account 315 5068760. Or to the Bancolombia savings account 845-000011-38.
The family, in addition to the pain of the loss, now suffers with the repatriation of the bodies. “We want to call on the national government and the Foreign Ministry to collaborate with us in everything we can to be able to repatriate the bodies of my brothers, and we also ask for the support of the people of Huila and Colombians, since these processes are very expensive. ”, indicated Carlos González.
Immersing yourself in a frozen lake carries significant risks to the health and safety of any individual, due to a series of physical and biological factors triggered by low water temperatures.
According to the University of Utah Health Department, one of the body’s first responses to contact with ice water is the cold immersion reflex, which can cause sudden and dangerous inhalation underwater if control over breathing is lost. . Besides, Thermal shock caused by the extreme temperature difference can lead to an acceleration of the heart rate.
Another danger associated with entering icy waters is the risk of muscle cramps, which can inhibit a person’s ability to swim or stay afloat, thus increasing the risk of drowning. Cramps are often the result of peripheral vasoconstriction, a mechanism by which blood vessels narrow in the body’s attempt to conserve heat, decreasing blood flow to the muscles.
In addition to the immediate physical risks, There are potential dangers related to the environment where the frozen lake is locatedsuch as the presence of thin or unstable ice that can break under a person’s weight, increasing the risk of falling into water.
