Izvo zvese zvakatanga muna 2002, apo panguva yekudzidzira dhivha nemutengi wevadzidzi, Dr. Ashraf Sabri, chiremba wekutanga hyperbaric muSinai, zvakare muridzi-operator weAlexandria Dive Center (ADC), akawana rima grey mumvuri pa. pasi peGungwa reMediterranean rakapfuma uye rakaorera.
Achida kuzivisa chakavanzika chacho, akaswedera pedyo ne“chikara chisina upenyu” chaigara pasi pegungwa rine matombo. "Ikoko, yakarara nedivi rayo rerudyi, yakakamurwa nepakati, ichimirira kuti tiwane mushure memakore ese aya," akadaro sezvaanoenda pakadzika kusvika pakadzika kwemamita makumi matatu munzvimbo yeMex, maminetsi makumi maviri kubva kuchiteshi chengarava chekumabvazuva. yeAlexandria neADC.
Sabri akafungidzira kuti torpedo yaita kuti inyure inofanira kunge yakarova ngarava. “Ndakanzwa hana yangu ichirova patakanga tava kusvika pakaparara. Ini nemudzidzi wangu takaona kuti kwaive kuwanikwa kukuru, ”akadaro nezve kugumburwa kwake kwekutanga. Pavakakwira kumahombekombe, aingozvibvunza kuti nei pasina munhu akambowana bhutsi iri uye kuti Alex angangove nemakororo mangani. Zvakasvika sei ikoko? Nei yakadzika muAlexandria?
Sabri akasangana nekupunzika kweimwe trawler yekuGerman yakashandiswa semugodhi wemugodhi munguva yeHondo Yenyika yechipiri. Zvingangodaro, akadaro British torpedo, iyo yakakamura muzvikamu zviviri zvikuru, asi yakasiya chikamu chechikamu pakati chaipo, ichichidzikisa. Rutivi rwekumashure kana kuseri kwemamita 24.5; pakati, mamita mana uye mberi kana uta hunoita mamita 15.3. Chinhambwe chingangoita mamita matatu kusvika mashanu chinoparadzanisa chikamu chimwe nechimwe, neuta hwakanongedza ku300 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwakananga kumahombekombe. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti yakanga yarohwa ichiedza kusvika pachiteshi chengarava muAlexandria. Chikamu cheuta chakazendamira kudivi rayo rerudyi, uye chikamu chikuru chepamusoro chakavigwa mujecha. Panofanira kunge paine kanoni hombe yakarara ipapo, inogona kungobuda pachena kuburikidza nekukweva jecha kana imwe nzira yekuchenesa inozoburitsawo zita rechikepe. Nzira yekudzidza kuputika kwengoro yakanga yatora mavhiki.
Kuna Sabri nechikwata chake kuADC, kwaingova kutanga kwezvimwe zviputsi zvakawanda zvakawanikwa. Iye akati, “Semuridzi wenzvimbo imwe chete yekunyura mumagavhuna, ndaiziva kuti mukana wekuwana mamwe makorokoto waiva pandiri neADC. Kuwanikwa uku kwakazadzisa chishuwo changu. Yakanga iri nguva inofadza zvikuru.”
Mushure mekubudirira kwake kwekutanga kuparara, akaenda kumvura zvakare uye zvakare, kwete chete kutora mapoka ekunyura uye kupa makosi, asi kutarisa chero kumwe kuongorora kwaigona kuitika. Zvichida Arekizandriya angangodaro aivanza kupfuura zvaakanga atoona kusvika panguva ino.
Sabri akanga akarurama pamusoro pekunzwa kwake ura. Akawana, munguva pfupi yapfuura, ndege yeBritain yeHondo Yenyika II, yakakomberedzwa nehumambo amphorae yaishandiswa pakudya nechinwiwa, mashoma eraimu slabs pamwe chete, makoramu kubva kumuzinda wekare wehumambo. Zvinoita sekunge nguva mbiri dzenhoroondo dzakanyura munzvimbo imwe chete.
“Izvi zvaishamisa zvikuru. Ndaida mhinduro kumibvunzo yakawanda yakadai seyokuti:
Nei ndege yakadonhera ipapo pakati pechiteshi chengarava? Chii chakakonzera
kuparara? Nei ndege yakanga ichiri yakasimba, inenge iri muchimiro chakakwana, yakanyatsochengetedzwa kunze kwemagirazi mashoma akaputsika? Kunyangwe mask yeokisijeni yemutyairi wendege yanga ichiripo,” akadaro.
Zvakaitika pasi apa zvakamushungurudza. Aida tsananguro kutozosvikira rimwe zuva, akanwa kapu yetii nomuvakidzani wekare, akawana mhinduro.
“Pakushanya kufurati rechembere iyi pamusoro pehofisi yangu muchivako chiri mhiri kweADC, ndakafara zvikuru kutaura zvatakanga tawana nezvekuparara kwendege. Ndakashamisika sei paakandiudza nezvechimwe chiitiko chaanoyeuka zvakajeka nezvendege iyi,” Sabri akatsanangura kudaro.
Iye akatarira shure pamangwanani iwayo anotyisa muna 1942, mukati meHondo yeNyika II, (apo somusikana muduku panguva iyeyo aigara navabereki vake muimba yakanga yakatarisana nechiteshi chengarava chokumabvazuva), akaona chimwe chinhu chechienzi. Ndege yehondo yeBritain yakanga ichisvika pavari chaipo. Ndege iyi yaiwanzobhururuka pamusoro peAlexandria. Chechipiri ichocho, yakanga yoda kubondera muchivako chekugara.
Akazhambatata achideedzera mai vake. “Onai, ndege iri kuuya patiri chaipo,” akachema kudaro. Zvisinei, panguva yokupedzisira, mutyairi wendege akakwanisa kunzvenga zvivako ndokufambisa ndege yake akananga kuchiteshi chengarava. Yakanyura mugungwa, ichitevera utsi hwakawanda shure kwayo. Vangobva muguta zvakachengeteka uye vasati vabata mvura, mutyairi wendege neboka rake vakavhura pokupotera, vakapfeka maparachuti avo. Vakabiridzira rufu munjodzi yakatevera. Akataura kuti, panguva iyoyo, vanhu kusanganisira mauto, vaive vachiri nemasoja uye neruremekedzo rwehupenyu hwevanhu. Vakaisa upenyu hwavo pangozi kuti vadzivirire vasina mhosva. Vaisazosvetuka kubva mundege mumaparachuti, uye kuirega ichibvarura zvivakwa uye kuuraya vanhuwo zvavo.
Sabri akasimbisa kuti akawana ndege yeBritish, yakarara pamusoro peimba yepasi pemvura yaMark Anthony, asi yakanga ichida ruzivo uye ruzivo pamusoro pekugadzirwa kwayo uye chikwata. Gare gare, mumwe murume nomudzimai vaenzi vakaoneka pamusuo wake wapamberi. Murume wacho akati, “Sezvineiwo, handisi kunyura, uye handioni yakaparara, asi ndinotenda kuti baba vangu ndivo vaiva mutyairi wendege iyi. Akanga ari mumwe wevatyairi vendege akadonhedza ndege yake yehondo pachiteshi chengarava cheAlexandria muHondo Yenyika II!”
“Maitiro angu aiva ekusatenda zvachose, kuvhunduka uye kushamisika. Handisati ndamboita rombo rakanaka kudaro. Apa ndainge ndoonana chiso nechiso nemumwe murume aizoburitsa chakavanzika chendege iyi. Cliff Colis akarondedzera nyaya yababa vake, Frederick Collis.
Netsamba yakatumirwa gare gare kuna Sabri, Cliff akati, "Baba vangu mundege Lieutenant Fredrick Thomas Collis pakutanga aive Air Observer uye akazova Navigator. Akabatana neRoyal Australian Air Force (sezvaaiva wekuAustralia, pakuzvarwa) uye akatumirwa kuBritish RAF. "
Ndege yaFred, iyo Beaufort yeRoyal Air Force yanga iri yekare yakaparara yakarara pasi pegungwa, neuta hwayo hwakananga pamusuwo wechiteshi chechiteshi chikuru. Collis mudiki akati, "Ndinorangarira chiitiko panguva yaaigara muEgypt - apo ivo (iye nevashandi vake) vaive vasara maminetsi kuti varove muhotera paCornish (hotera yeCecil muAlexandria). Ndege yake yakarasa kureba nekuda kwezvinetso zvehunyanzvi. Nehupamhi hwebvudzi, iye ndege yakacheka zvivakwa zvemahombekombe zvakananga pamusoro peCornish. Mukutya, vashandi vakavhara maziso avo (kusanganisira mutyairi wendege). Nguva shomanana gare gare yakaona kuti vakanga vachiri vapenyu, ndege yakakunguruka nedivi, ichicheka kumucheto kwehotera, ichiponesa vaenzi veCecil uye ivo pachavo.”
Fred aifanira kubhururuka kuenda kuMalta pazuva iroro, kunovhiya convoy pachivande; zvisinei, mumwe waaishanda naye akakumbira kutengeserana naye. Fred akachinjana shifiti yake apo vose vakaurawa muMalta. Lt. Collis akaponeswa nekuchinjana, zvisinei akagumbuka nekurasikirwa nekiti yake yese mutsaona.
Kuparara kwakava chido chaSabri; zvakawanikwa, basa rake. Akaramba achitsvaga zvimwe kuzviitira zita uye nzvimbo yekudhivha iyo yakagadzira yakanyanya kuwanika WWII mune zvese zvakawanikwa pasi pemvura zveEgypt.
Akawana SS Aragon, ngarava yechipatara yeWWII yakaperekedzwa neHMS Attack iri makiromita masere kuchamhembe kweWestern Harbor. Yakasangana nemagumo ayo chaiwo pamugero wakarongerwa masuo ezvikepe. Boka rekudhibha parakawana chikepe chakapunzika, nzvimbo yakaputsika yakanyura pamwechete (SS Aragon uye HMS Attack).
Sekureva kwaSabri mushumo, iyo SS Aragon yakavambwa muna Kukadzi 23, 1905, nevekutanga mapatya-vashandi ve liner kambani yaive na Countess Fitzwilliam. Yakabva kuEngland ichienda kuMarseille muFrance, tevere Malta yakananga kuAlexandria, ine mauto mazana maviri nemazana manomwe arimo. Ndichipinda pachiteshi chengarava muna Zvita 2700, 30, yakarohwa nengarava yepasi pemvura yeGerman UC1917. Yakanyura pakarepo, iine vafambisi vechikepe mazana matanhatu negumi.
HMS Attack, muparadzi, yakauya kuzoinunura asi yakarohwa zvakare. Njodzi iyi yakanyorwa mutsamba isina kusaina yaKurume 5, 1918 - yakatumirwa nemukuru asingazivikanwe weSS Aragon kuna John William Hannay mukuyedza kuisa pfungwa dzake kuzorora maererano nemwanasikana wake, Agnes McCall Nee Hannay. Miss Hannay aive VAD aive muchikepe panguva yekurwiswa. Zvechokwadi akapona.
Kusvikira ikozvino, boka redhive rinotungamirirwa naDkt Sabri, rinoramba richizarura zvakavanzika zvegungwa uye kuparara kwakavanzika muAlexandria, kusanganisira ndege dzehondo dzeGermany dzakanyura nemauto akabatana uye zvichida, Cleopatra's naAnthony pfuma inokosha.
Mwanakomana wemushakabvu Kaputeni Medhat Sabri, mukuru wezvikepe zveEgypt aitungamirira boka guru rezvikepe zvemugungwa uye gare gare, akaraira vatyairi vese veSuez Canal mushure mekugadzwa kwechiteshi, uye muzukuru waColonel Ibrahim Sabri, mukuru weCoast Guard. iyo nzvimbo yeWestern Desert uye akazove gavhuna weAlex, Sabri akawana kuputika kwe13, kusvika parizvino, muAlexandria pakati paAbu Qir naAbu Taalat. Anotarisira kudzidza uye kuwana mamwe makorokoto anenge 180 ari pasi pegungwa guru muIjipiti yose. Chiremba anosimbisa kuti vari kunze uko kune imwe nzvimbo kune vakasiyana uye vanofarira kuti vaongorore.
