olive tee

...who was 8 years old during the great earthquake of 1953. He clearly remembers the sound of the church bells been shaken by the troubled earth. At the time of the earthquake he was at the family 'ktima' (land) helping his parents with the usual farming chores.  Luckily only one wall of the family house came down during the shake, but Kyr-Andreas knew of many families that lost loved ones and their property  not only to the great earthquake but also to the uncontrollable fires that followed. Days later, when the whole island was flattened to a rumble the Air Forces delivered food supplies during a rescue operation. Kyr-Andreas talked about parcels of food (including bread and Dutch cheese) as well as crates of water 'parachuted' from the sky to the islanders...