FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 96 - ENGLISH

Forty years later, Antonio still remembers that bus: the explosion, the shrapnel, the smoke and his injured colleagues. He was 19 when ETA’s attack in Madrid’s Plaza de la República Dominicana killed 12 young Civil Guard officers and injured dozens. He survived, but that day’s consequences have remained with him for decades. Today, he continues telling his story to keep alive the memory of those who did not survive. 68 “Terrorism has not defeated me; I found the strength to keep going, to fight and to reach the end of the road” ` Text: Ana García CIVIL GUARD OFFICER INJURED IN ETA’S ATTACK IN MADRID ON 14 JULY 1986 Antonio Fidel Holgado Rodríguez