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Owesifazane wasePennsylvania owanyamalala eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-30 edlule nokukholakala ukuthi ushonile ngumndeni wakhe usanda kutholwa ehlala ekhaya lasebekhulile ePuerto Rico, kusho umndeni wakhe namaphoyisa esithangamini sabezindaba ngoLwesine.
UPatricia Kopta, 83, wagcina ukubonakala ePittsburgh ehlobo lika-1992, ngokusho kuka indiza yomuntu olahlekile ithunyelwe yi-Pennsylvania Emergency Response Center.
Umyeni wakhe, uBob Kopta, wabika ukuthi ulahlekile ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva ekwindla. Ngaleso sikhathi, weluleka iziphathimandla ukuthi kwakuyinto evamile ngomkakhe ukuba “angabi khona isikhathi esifushane,” ngokusho kwendiza.
“Ngifika ekhaya ngobunye ubusuku futhi akekho, futhi akekho owaziyo ukuthi ukuphi,” kusho uKopta esithangamini sabezindaba namaphoyisa aselokishini laseRoss.
Amaphoyisa athi abikelwa okokuqala ngokutholwa kowesifazane olahlekile ngesikhathi i-ejenti ye-International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) kanye nosonhlalakahle wasePuerto Rico bebathinta ngonyaka odlule bethi bakholelwa ukuthi uPatricia ubehlala ekhaya labadala ePuerto Rico. U-Rico.
“Into abasibikele yona ukuthi wabanakekela ngo-1999, ngesikhathi etholakala eswele emigwaqweni yasePuerto Rico,” kusho iPhini leNhloko yelokishi laseRoss uBrian Kohlhepp.
U-INTERPOL kanye nosonhlalakahle bathi uPatricia watholwa ezulazula emigwaqweni futhi phakathi neminyaka “enqabile ukuxoxa ngempilo yakhe yangasese nokuthi uvelaphi,” kusho uKohlhepp.
Lapho esekhulile, uPatricia waqala ukudalula amanoni ayezokhuthaza labo abaseduze kwakhe ukuthi bathinte amaphoyisa aseRoss, kusho uKohlhepp.
Lapho esePittsburgh, uPatricia “wayengumshumayeli wasemgwaqweni owaziwayo,” ngokusho kwendiza elahlekile. Wayeya kubantu angabazi, ebatshela ukuthi unemibono yeNcasakazi uMariya nokuthi umhlaba usuzophela, kusho undiza.
Amaphoyisa athi ukuduka kwakhe bekungasoli kakhulu ngoba “abazi ukuthi unomlando wezempilo yengqondo futhi wenze izitatimende kweminye imindeni ukuthi uyahamba, ukuthi ukhathazekile ngokuthi uzofakwa esikhungweni sokunakekela lapha, ” kusho uKohlhepp. U-Kohlhepp uthe amaphoyisa ayazi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uzishiyile ngokuthanda kwakhe.
Umyeni wakhe wathi umkakhe wayekhulume ngokufuna ukuya ePuerto Rico ukuze ayohlala endaweni eshisayo.
“Ngaze ngakhangisa ephepheni ezansi ePuerto Rico ngimfuna,” kusho uKopta esithangamini sabezindaba, wengeza ngokuthi uchithe imali eningi phakathi neminyaka emfuna.
UPatricia noBob bashade iminyaka engu-20 ngaphambi kokuthi aduke, uKohlhepp utshele i-CNN. Wengeze ngokuthi uPatricia akanawo umndeni owaziwayo noma ukuxhumana ePuerto Rico.
Amaphoyisa athole ukuthi lona wesifazane empeleni kwakunguPatricia ngohlelo oluthathe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye lapho aqhathanisa khona amasampula olibofuzo ahlinzekwa udadewabo, uGloria Smith, kanye nomshana wakhe.
“Besicabanga ukuthi ushonile yonke leyo minyaka,” kusho uSmith engqungqutheleni yezindaba.
Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuphothulwe ukuhlolwa kolibofuzo, umndeni wazi ukuthi uPatricia ngokushesha nje lapho ubona isithombe sakhe, kusho uKohlhepp.
USmith uthe useke washayela ucingo ekhaya labadala ePuerto Rico izikhathi eziningi kodwa akakwazanga ukuba nengxoxo nodadewabo ngoba unokuwohloka komqondo.
“Besingakulindele. Kwakwethusa kakhulu ukubona – ukwazi ukuthi usaphila,” kusho udadewabo. “Uyazi, sijabule kakhulu futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi ngingehla ngizombona.”
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