Kekhvi

Interview place,date: Aug 14, 2008 9:08 PM
Interviewer organization:vollunteer journalist
Respondent:woman 70 years
Story code:0082
I am from Kekhvi village. I ran away from the village and came on foot to Gori. At the evening we were hiding at somebody's place and at 7 p.m. guys rushed into the house screaming out "hurry up… hurry up..." so we ran away. I was so scared, I do not remember which day it was…
I could not take anything with me; I left even passports and everything. We were four women and two boys walking along the road. We were running through gardens, swamps, corn fields, trying to avoid major roads. I was wearing the same shoes as I am now. My feet were swollen and I took off my shoes...
When we reached Eredvi, they started bombardment again and two of our companion women from Kekhvi were killed. We could not even take care of their bodies as far as bombardment was so intensive (weeping).I felt bad and fell down into the mud, I could not get up and one Georgian policeman screamed out "wait for the woman, wait for her!" and they helped me to get out of the mud.
We were walking for the whole night and entered a Georgian village. One guy let us in to overnight. His family, wife and a chilled, was out and we spent the night there. He had no food so left the house, brought some potatoes and cooked for us.

Then we reached Gori on foot. It was almost 10 a.m. I tried to find my relatives in Gori but in vain. Later on I left for Tbilisi.
My husband is Georgian and he is still in Kekhvi. I do not know anything about him, whether he is alive of dead. They say houses had been burned to ashes. I do not know if my house is burned down or not. When we left the village all houses were ok, so I can not say anything… my children are here…