After Hurricane Otis hit Acapulco, a policewoman from the CDMX Citizen Security Secretariat traveled to the port to support all the affected people. In an image that has moved social networks, the officer had an extraordinary gesture within the tragedy.
Hurricane Otis: Policewoman breastfeeds baby
Arizbeth Ambrosio is a policewoman who belongs to the Zorros Task Force group of the Secretariat of Citizen Security in the capital. While she was carrying out support work in Acapulco, during a tour on Adolfo López Mateos Avenue in the Las Playas subdivision, a mother approached her to tell her that her baby had not been able to eat for more than two days after the impact, by Otis.
At that moment, the officer did not hesitate to help her, and she began to breastfeed the baby in an episode that immediately became a social media trend. “My admiration for the commitment, kindness, and vocation for service of the Mexico City police,” was the message in X from Pablo Vázquez Camacho, Secretary of Citizen Security of CDMX.
Hurricane Otis: How many people died in Acapulco?
This Monday, the federal government updated the number of deaths. The impact of Hurricane Otis has left 45 people dead in Guerrero and 47 missing. The number is expected to increase in the coming days. Hurricane Otis impacted Acapulco during the first hours of this Wednesday as a category 5. The phenomenon surprised thousands of people due to the little time there was to prepare. One of those examples occurred in an IMSS hospital in the port.
In less than 24 hours, Otis went from being a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane, the highest of these natural phenomena, heading towards the coast of Guerrero, affecting densely populated areas, which alerted municipal and state authorities. and federal.
The destruction in the Hotel Zone of Acapulco
Otis is one of the hurricanes with the greatest impact in the Mexican Pacific area in recent decades. Through social networks, tourists, journalists, and workers shared impressive images from the Acapulco Hotel Zone. The videos show loud roars due to the fury of the wind that makes things fly, such as umbrellas, while torrential rains flood buildings and cause great damage in Acapulco. The worst consequences, besides Acapulco, were for Coyuca de Benítez and San Marcos, according to the account in X of the National Meteorological Service.
Hurricane Otis devastates Galerías Diana in Acapulco
One of the most surprising images on social networks was the facade of Galerías Diana, one of the most famous shopping centers in the port located right in the center of the Hotel Zone. After Otis passed, the facade of the place disappeared. The before and after comparison is impressive.
This story was written in Spanish by Miguel Fernández in Cultura Colectiva News
