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General Secretary of the Young
Socialists of the Basque Country.
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Victim of an attack by ETA
in which he lost a leg.
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I got up as usual,
I got in the car,
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I was thinking about
what I had to do
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and organizing my day's work,
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Just as I was leaving a roundabout
my car exploded.
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I knew immediately
that it was an attack by ETA.
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I'd always felt
that it could happen to me.
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I looked at myself,
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I had a lot of
injuries but I was in one piece.
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I got out of the car but I couldn't
walk because my legs hurt so much,
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so I lay down
and someone came to help me.
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At that moment, you think
you've been very lucky,
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and despite
the misfortune of it all,
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you've been lucky
to get out of it alive.
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As a result of the explosion
my left leg was amputated.
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And today, thanks to the good luck
that I had,
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and with an artificial limb,
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my life is pretty much the same,
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but I can't practice
sports anymore.
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Journalist, writer, music critic,
editor of "La Vanguardia"
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General Secretary
of United Alava (UA)
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Doctor in Sociology.
Member of Gesture for Peace.
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President of the Spanish
Government, 1982-1996,
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with the Spanish Socialist Party
(PSOE)
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President of Eusko Alkartasuna (EA)