Aquarium to be named after Gabriel and falleras carry fish
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 @ 2:00 PM
VALENCIA'S fallera queens and their entourages opened the city's spectacular March festival yesterday (Tuesday) with their usual procession, but this time each of them carrying a white fish in memory of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz Ramírez.
Before Gabriel's body was found and when his family – and even the police – were hoping to find him alive, the boy's mum, Patricia, urged the public to 'flood Spain with little fishies' so he would know the entire nation was thinking of him.
From when he was very tiny – practically as soon as he was able to talk – Gabriel knew the names of 'hundreds of species' of fish and has always been fascinated by them, Patricia Ramírez said.
She and Gabriel's father Ángel Cruz said their little boy wanted to be a marine biologist when he grew up.
Even the police investigation was named 'Operation Nemo' from the start.
Gabriel was nicknamed Pescaíto ('Little Fishie') by his parents due to his love of sea creatures.
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