He was saved from the Taliban
28 January 2019, 21:35 BDT
On January 20, 2015. Greek pilot Vassiloice Vassilayu rises in the luxury hotel The InterContinental on the top of the hill in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. At that time, he was a pilot of the Afghan aircraft 'Kam Air'. The hotel is quite popular with foreigners. Perhaps that's why the Taliban became the target of the destruction of the Taliban.
Taliban militants storm out on the day when Vassilieus arrives in Intercontinental. In the Taliban attack, fortunately that day Vassilayus was saved. One year after the terrible incident, he wrote online on BBC. In his writings, how he fought for about 15 hours in death. How a bed protected him from death.
Vassilieus said, that evening, at 6 o'clock in the evening to go to the hotel restaurant to eat dinner. His friend pilot Michael Paulikakus accompanied him. Every three-four months he rose in the hotel, the first time he went to eat dinner so early. Usually he eats dinner at eight o'clock. After completing the meal at 7:30 in the evening he returned to the room. His room was on the top floor of a six-star hotel - 522 number.
Come back to the cell phone to emergency phone Suddenly a big explosion was heard in the mid-nine o'clock. At that time he was talking to a phone in Athens. Go to the veranda to see what has happened to the sound. See the bloody body of a man lying. Fierce firing is going on inside the hotel and outside. I feel lucky to have eaten dinner earlier. Otherwise he used to stay at the restaurant. You have to say to yourself, 'OK, Vassilieus, you have to do something to live.'
Quick to think Vasileios. Open the door to the balcony and enter the room and lock the door from the inside of the room. There were two beds in the room. He took a matte matte and kept it near the door so that he could live away from a grenade attack. Then he made some bed sheets, towels and cloth together and made them a rope. If necessary, he can go down to the fifth floor.
Vassilius said, 'I am a pilot and a coach. Over the years, I have been studying disaster management studies and decision making. As a result, when sitting in the restaurant or theater habitually sit next to the door or near the emergency door. What to do next, I'm thinking quickly. There was no idea about where the attackers were or where they were. It will not be wise to jump down from the sixth floor. So I started telling myself, stay inside the room and try as much as you can to protect yourself. I do not know why, I am unexpectedly calm. '
Lavalieuse decided to hide behind the light of the room and hide behind the furniture. Half an hour has passed. He did not even know, almost everyone was killed in lobby, restaurants and second and third floors on the ground floor. The attackers started raising themselves upstairs after the massacre. On his head, the attackers were able to hear the sound of raiders on the roof. There they were taking control of Intercontinental's own helicopter. Shortly afterwards, he heard the sound of gunshots in the corridor along his room on the sixth floor. Suddenly all the electric lights in the hotel are left out.
Vasilaius found that the attackers entered the room next to the number 521. The room is turned into a night-raiding center.
When he was shot on the door of Vasileius's room, he wondered, where he hid, it was not a very good place. He changed the place. The bed in which the matrares are, under the cover. Taking the palms of both hands, he took the bed a bit higher. And keep the balance of the weight of the bed masses on the thumb of the foot. He could see very little with the gap in the bed. The bed she picked up for only 10 centimeters. He saw the gap, shot and broke the lock with hammer and entered the room, four assailants. Seeing the door open on the porch, one quickly ran towards it.
Vassiloice heard a sound of pistols. He thought he was going to die within a few seconds. The family and the children's faces floated in front of the eyes. Remembering the events of happiness and hardship in life. The door of his room was opened. The attackers started going and going to the room. On the sixth floor there were some fellow pilots and stewards in his side rooms. Occasionally he could hear the crying cry before killing them. Occasionally around Sunsan was around. He felt that the killers killed every attacker in every room of the floor. The assailants smiled every time after the assassination. As if it was a game or a big party or something.
The attackers set fire to the sixth floor on the last night. Because of a lot of smoke, they dropped off from the floor. As he did not have any shooting for 20 to 25 minutes, he came out of the bed. He saw that he took out the matte from the bed, the attackers shot in it. They turned down the bed and saw if anyone hid.
Vassilieus said, 'It seemed as if I had run away with life for the second time. Before that the smoke started entering the room. I got out of the balcony. On the left side, I saw the lalihan flame of fire. I realized I could not live if I was in the room. I watched some of the TV from its roof hanging. I saw that they could not take my weight. At the same time, I got shot on my right side. A distance of 20 cm from my shoulder and another bullet goes from half a meter distance. The bullet takes me to the window behind me. '
It seems that the law enforcement agencies had fired Vasiliyas to attack them. When the third bullet misses before the capture of the cables, he went inside the room. Some things that needed to be taken from the bag, including the glass of nails, were put under the bed again. Small scissors make holes in the plastic covering the bottom part of the bed. Inside the bed with two bottles of water and milk and T-shirt taken out of the refrigerator. Cut t-shirts into small pieces. The nose pierces some pieces that can smolder. Put another piece of cloth in the mouth and pour water and milk, so that it works in double styling. All this he learned from the firefighters at the Athens International Airport.
The attackers returned to the room while Vasiliyus was lying in bed. When he was hiding under the bed, he was sitting on one. He could see his legs. What were the other people doing? Going to the veranda, the man shot him with 47 magazines.
Vassilieus said, 'I thought I was going to survive today. Otherwise, I would not eat dinner earlier than the other day. For the first time the attackers entered the room and shot to another bed, I survived. I went to the verandah, I was shot in the target. I have survived and I am still hiding very well. '
International forces started firing at the targets of tankers in the cells. Their target was in the room of 521 beside Vassilius, where the base was attacked by the attackers. But the attackers were changing the space because they were shooting at other rooms. Every time the shooting was being shot from the tank, the entire hotel was shaking. The attackers took some clothes and carpets from the fireplace and set fire to the room of 521 in the fire. Such a large fire in the next room, Vassilieus realized, in such a situation he could breathe 15 to 20 minutes. For half an hour, too much.
Without getting any response, he came out of the bed. Immediately get the sound of breaking windows of the adjoining room. Then the wall of his room started breaking. He was desperate to save himself. International forces threw water into the fire. The glass was breaking down. The fire stopped but the other danger started, In the room without windows and doors, the cold began to enter. The temperature was minus 3 degrees Celsius. There is no doubt that he will soon be infected with hypothermia.
International forces started firing grenade from 9.00am to 11pm. At around 11:30 pm, an attacker in the adjoining 521 room was left alone. His arms are running out. The man was trying to set fire to blotlight, but could not run out of gas. From his situation, Vasileius was so overwhelmed that he smiled at the face with his hand pressed. Within a few minutes, the man left.
Vassilieus said, 'I am tired. The flight was last till the last day of the previous day. I could not sleep that night. Could not sleep for 35 to 40 hours. After a while people could hear the sound of people coming. But they are bad, not good people, do not understand where I hid, where I was in silence. At 11:40 am, in the Afghan accent, someone was saying "police" as "police". I did not respond After listening to "police" in English pronunciation, they realized that they were members of law enforcement agencies. Come out from the bed. I was suffering from chest pain due to having a long period of time in one place. I could not breathe. '
Describing the last moment, Vassilieus said, 'My face became black in smoke. After seeing me, four commanders ordered a gun to lie down. One whispered, said, ghosts are definitely. I was going to the cold, in that condition I said, I am the Captain of the air. Please do not shoot. '
The commanders could not believe what they were seeing in front of them. Asked Vasilius, how long he was in this way. After telling them, they looked in surprise in the bed. At this time someone said, 'I will take you down. But listen, before that you have to take a picture with you. ' Vassilieus said, he wants to take pictures so that he can remember this moment.
Wasilius was the last survivor of the hotel. There was no one else living in the hotel that was alive. His family also took hold, he was not alive, he was not alive. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece said the survivors were rescued. There is no Vasileios in that list. After three or four hours of recovery, Vasiliev gave his family the news of his survival. He can not yet describe the joy of the family in the language. That day he left the hotel, his friend Pilot Michael was rescued alive. Two friends embraced each other with laughter and tears. However, many people lost in that incident. Pilots, staff, engineers, many do not survive.
Vassilius said, 'I am very positive people. After that incident, I became more positive. I enjoy every moment of life and feel thankful for what I got. A gift of life As long as there is life, it should be enjoyed. ' He also said, "I hear people complaining to many at the time of spending time with friends on the beach in Greece. In their language, we have economic crisis, which is why we can not enjoy a lot of comfort, which we should have got. I say, enjoy life. ' According to him, should focus on creating beautiful moments without having to focus on work, anxiety and bad aspects of life and having good people. Because, life is so beautiful.
