Horror as musician loses €7,000 bassoon in subway and ends up retrieving it

A story with a happy ending for a musician who lost his bassoon in the Barcelona metro. The events took place at the beginning of the month and this Thursday he was able to recover the instrument.

The musician who preferred to remain anonymous He has been playing the bassoon since he was eight years old.I came back last week from Valencia and things were very busy. On the platform of Sants Estación on line 5, one of my backpacks, the bassoon bag, was forgotten.

“When I got on the subway I noticed it and went back to the platform. But it was no longer there. The world had fallen on me… I want to dedicate myself to music and the value it holds.” [uns 7.000 euros] It was a very big loss.”

He immediately spread the word on the networks with the help of family and friends. And with one tweet, some TMB workers started pulling the strings.

Using video surveillance cameras in the subway, they were able to find the moment of the strike and the person who, a few minutes later and in good faith, took the tool so he could return it.

It has been Lily ArevaloHe was returning from work and saw a bag on the platform. Since it was late and he saw no one at the station barrier, he took the package home.

“I was a bit scared. I opened the bag and saw that it wasn’t a bomb so I took it with me. I didn’t know what it was. My son told me he was a gay and we left him at home.”

For work and other professions, Lily He had the bassoon at home for a few days.He tried to locate the owner, but the papers inside the bag didn’t make it any easier.

Even the Mussos of SquadraThanks to the identification that can be done using video surveillance cameras, they were able to locate her at the subway station. They stopped her, asked for her bag and were able to retrieve it.

On Thursday, Lily was able to hand over the machine to its owner in the presence of the Mossos and the company’s managers. TempHe did it on the same Sants Estació platform where the musician left him. The musician breathes a sigh of relief.

“I’m glad I found it, it was a great relief.”

CEO of TMB, Xavier FloresHighlights The importance of video surveillance cameras On the subway and buses to make public transportation a “safe space that allows lost items like this to be found.”