The September Tragedy
Help Is Coming

Thank you Nauval, you are very understanding.

It's my duty, brother. I said to nurul.

Haahhh !

Since when has it been your duty Val ? frowning and pulling his eyebrows over Nurul asked.

Since this morning, when Ummi told me before we left so I always look after my brother.

Ohh so, he said, rounding his lips.

You're a good boy, val, you like you. Nurul said to me.

"Hmmm, isn't it big brother who likes me? I murmured in my heart."

After a long time of rest and prayer, we continued the search and we reached the edge of the village covered in red soil. I saw some people trying to dig with makeshift tools. I approached them and tried to help.

Nurul just saw me from afar, waiting on a safe edge. A moment later we heard a voice for help. Eagerly, we together continue to dig even deeper. And finally we see a gap that opens, from the inside looks like someone's hand to reach something and ask for help to be saved. Finally we together can get it out.

It turned out that Mr. Samsu who just shouted for help to us.

Mr. Samsu managed to survive the disaster by hiding at a desk when the land of hills hit his house.

Soon Mr. Samsu was raised to a safer place and cared for by his mother and Nurul.

Me and the other villagers are still trying to dig somewhere else maybe there are still other villagers we can save.

Arrive arrive.

Seen there are feet stuck in our excavation. After being dug with our hearts, we found the wife of Mr. Samsu who had died landfilled landslides. Slowly we lifted the body.

Mr. Samsu who knew his wife was found dead, immediately approached his wife's body while saying; sorry father could not save mother while crying over the body of his wife. That afternoon we also held the funeral of Mr. Samsu's wife.

Because the day has begun to go into twilight, I invite nurul to return to the cottage where Ummi is located. Rushing the two of us along the road to the cottage, when he arrived at the cottage seen Ummi waiting for us with an anxious face.

Nurul immediately approached, while I kept on cleaning myself and saw them talking, I don't know what they were talking about.

After finishing cleaning myself back in front of the cottage, it turns out Nurul had prepared corn boiled Ummi last afternoon for me to eat. Hungry, without saying much I devoured it.

"The meaning of this dish, I said in my heart."

Tonight we passed like the night before. Our food supply was exhausted, early in the morning I had to go again to my father's field picking some corn to meet our basic needs.

Ummi and nurul went back to prepare food from the corn that I had brought this morning. After breakfast, I invited Nurul to come back to look for his brother and my family and as usual Ummi agreed. Upon my arrival at the edge of the village turned out to have many people gathered.

It turns out that the assistance team from the TNI and the Police has reached our village. They will conduct a search for disaster victims and also there are volunteers who helped petrify the excavation.

Not only assistance from TNI, Police and Volunteers but there is also community assistance outside the village that is not affected by the disaster sending basic needs such as clothes, food and medicine.

After distributing the help, I along with the residents, the TNI and the Police began to carry out searches and excavations. There were already several victims found, they were all dead.

But the father, mother and daughter have not been found, as has Buya Labay Abah Nurul.

The day began at noon, when heavy equipment came to the search location led directly by a commander and brought troops in orange uniforms and basic materials assistance followed by several trucks, Me and the other guys immediately helped get him off the truck.

A moment after that, the public kitchen was already standing with the help of tents from the Police. We also set up some tents for other villagers.

I saw Nurul cooking with the other mothers, preparing lunch for us.

The day passed quickly, the sore all the victims found had been buried with religious processions. But no sign of my family and buya profity has been found.

Although many residents have visited the tent tent that we had set up and to every citizen who came I always asked about my family and the buya Labay but still like yesterday, no one has given a satisfactory answer.

Before magrib me and Nurul pamit. Not forgetting I brought some blankets, mats and use of rocks for our needs at the lodge later. Nurul also brought food supplies for Ummi and his younger brother.

I saw Anto still with a fiery look staring at me as I was going back with Nurul. He did not dare to do anything like that to me, for fear of Nurul's threat. If there wasn't Nurul, I might have beaten him to death. I know and have felt his punch during silat practice together. He was so hard when he was assistant coach buya profity and I was trained

and was beaten until he collapsed twice in the dust by him.

On the way home I was devastated because I had not been able to meet my father, mother and daughter, and I almost fell because of my daydream. Until Nurul was shocked because I almost fell.

He asked, why would I fall ? what are you thinking ?

I just think of my father, mother and daughter. Are they okay ? or they're just like the ones I met just now with no life left.

Hush !.

Nurul closed my mouth with his finger.

Don't say it like that, no good val, we must have a positive thought. Convince your heart val, that our family will be safe. Leave everything to God, because God knows what is best for his people.

I just nodded my head and said Yes, brother.

Arriving at the hotel, Pak samsu nurul immediately approached Ummi, what they said I could only see from a distance.

Ummi again bowed lethargic after hearing Nurul's explanation.

And as usual I immediately destroyed to clean up the body, after I finished immediately to the surau because there was Ummi, Nurul and his sister who were waiting for me to congregate.

During the prayer time I lost concentration and rot because I remembered my father, mother and daughter, so I chanted the holy verse with sobs.

After the prayer I was immediately embraced by Nurul and said; do not be sad val, surely father, mother and daughter are fine there.

True val, leave all to the Creator. God will not give the burden of life that we cannot bear val, so continue to pray for the safety of the nauval family. Ummi said to me.

Nurul was also saddened and shed tears because he remembered his brother.