[Bilingual] My True Story and Tsunami

in #truestory6 years ago (edited)

d8knv33ux3.png
in the middle : My late sister

English Language

This is my story,based on my own writing that was published in Gayo Cross: Kisahku dan Tsunami on the 26th December 2014 taken from my notes on my Facebook KH41M1.MTh: Kisahku dan Tsunami. I share again, with a little improvement in writing and sentences. Because at this time is the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of Earth and Tsunami Disasters in Aceh. Please enjoy it..

December 26, 2004,

14 years ago, where it was a historic day for me and specifically for millions people in Aceh. That day has passed for years. That day was also the day when I found a big event and obliged me to say "Innalillah" and "Alhamdulillah" at the same time. The day I was taught to always be optimistic and learn to manage my sadness. The day where I was happy and sad because of the happiness that I hadn't lived. But before the disaster occurred, exacly at saturday night was very long night. Yeaah, this is because I have to prepare my thesis to be tried on Monday, December 27, 2004. So you can imagine how tired I am ?

December 26, 2004, at 05.00 WIB in the morning. I prepared to leave my scientific work because my eyes without command had run out of energy, my eyes kept being forced all night to glare and pay attention to the letters in my thesis. Because of the unbearable sleepiness, in my heart I said "Dad and Mom, Please forgive your child for being sleepy". Before these eyes were really attached, I took Shalat Fajr 2 rak'ah and was very relieved because finally the rights and obligations had been carried out. Oh my Godness, the sleepiness in my eyes is unbearable, this really doesn't want to be compromised. Finally I decided to find a place to be able to lay down this tired body, at the same time I saw my best friend following me to flatten his body with the soft mattress. My body fell down beside my good friend.

Before actually falling asleep, I imagined the words of my sister Qurrata Aini this afternoon, she said "Have you prepared what food is served after the trial later ? Just a cake or rice fo lunch ?" I was silent at that moment. My heart is upset and I'm very confused. This is not talking about what cake or rice is, but I'm confused because the I have not a tool to provide it. I have no money. So, where is the budget to buy the cake or rice ? "The Unmoney face" was caught by my sister, she said "just calm down, I can take care for shopping later, you do not need to think", my sister said. Just Imagine how embarrassed me at that time, but what must I say. Because at that time I was indeed the most valuable person in the world. "Thank you, my dear sister". An expression from me, sometimes that expression comes if I have the desire. Hehehe. In my shadow and without warning, my eyes grew dimmer, remaining 3 watts and finally, Plip ... closed.

"Get out..!! Get out..!! Get out..!!”. That's the scream that I've never forgotten until now. Istighfar, the sentence of forgivness flowed smoothly from my mouth, my lips did not stop pronouncing that sentence. My eyes are still heavy, my head is still dizzy from being late to sleep. But I stayed up while crawling slowly out of the house, my body jerked and seemed to be pushed there and here. In one chance, my eyes were fixed on the computer CPU where my scripting data was stored, I bravely grabbed the CPU and threw it onto the bed, and immediately ran out. Apparently out there, many people in the army housing complex had scattered out with a frantic face. I lay down, we all lay down, we sat and lay down, we were swaying without ever realizing who ordered us to sit and lie down.

I saw the sun still shining brightly from the east. I looked around, everyone mentioned the name of God (Asma Allah). this is not Apocalypse, because the sign of Apocalypse that I believe in my religion is when the sun rises from the West and the Apocalypse falls on Friday. And the sun rises still from the east and this is a Sunday. I held the little gravel. I'm worried and assume what if this land starts to crack because the earthquake is very strong and hasn't ended.

My head is still very heavy, as if I am dealing with a sea of hurricanes, while I am a captain without subordinates in a small boat, crashing to and fro, I try to find a handle but still I feel a terrible pounding of the earth.

A few minutes later, the earthquake began to subside but I still swayed as if I lost my balance even if I thought this was because I lacked sleep, in fact the earthquake shaking was still on a small scale. I took a breath to calm myself. Suddenly, I thought of my brothers and sisters and their children that I left last night? Is it true that my brother came home from Jakarta and accompanied them? who accompanied them last night? These questions appeared in my head, along with that also appeared resentment in me. Why did I go home too quickly and not confirm the arrival of my brother first? My heart was attacked badly. But I am still preoccupied with thinking rather than acting.

I offered myself to borrow my best friend's motorcycle. At that time I wearing long sleep pants, I slipped the STNK into the pocket. The clothes I wore at that time were the Aceh Culture Week (PKA) that I bought at the "Money Throwing Arena". In the middle of the trip which was still interspersed with the earthquake, I saw the window of the Aceh Electricity Service Office broke and the glass fragments scattered into the protocol road T. Nyak Arief, but I did not care about it all, my anxiety about sister and brother and brother made my courage increased to immediately arrive there.

I drove the motorbike, the speedometer showed 100 km per hour, it didn't take long, 10 minutes I had been in front of my brother's house, but I hadn't had time to park the motorbike, my brother called out to me "go immediately, you should see our sister in Kajhu Village.. !!!" I said yes and without thinking I returned to make the motorbike roar and drove quickly to Kajhu Village. Yeah, Kajhu Village is our home and where we spent our days in education in Banda Aceh City. During the trip, I still heard faint shouts of fear and chanting the name of Allah, so did I.

In uncertainty, we all hope for the good and ask to be kept away from the bad.

The Fourth Intersection in Kajhu, soon I arrived at home, I could see the Kajhu Prison which had just been opened a week ago had collapsed. I see that only the iron cage and the sports arena are left of iron nets. I didn't pay too much attention to the situation of the vendor, because my main goal was to meet my brother and brother.

Polayasa Pratama Housing, Number 42, at Blok G. that's the address ou home. I take a short way at the rice fields, I drove my motorcycle a little faster. Finally I arrived in front of the house which was the gift of my mother. I saw the look on my brother's and sister’s face was a little tense, just like me. But as a brother and with full maturity spontaneity I told them to calm down and wait around 2 or 3 hours to enter the house. for fear that there will be aftershocks". That was my advice at that time. Seeing their condition was fine, immediately I said I must back to brother's hoouse in Krueng Cut Village.

I went back to the straight road to my brother house in Krueng cut village. I thought to myself before I returned to Kuta Alam Village, it would be good for me to play for a while with my little angels, my niece Muhammad Mulla Sadra and Khaira Faqiha. But…!! When I arrived in front of his house, the desire was broken. My brother loudly said: "Hurry up..!! bring my wife and my children to Darussalam, the Sea rises". What mean by "rising sea water" I never understood, because I immediately said "alright ...!". I thought to myself, what was mean sea rises ? But from a distance I began to hear strange noises that sounded louder in my ears. The sound of shouting and the sound of a bang. I was shocked and thought something was wrong. I immediately started and I ordered my sister to be vigilant because I would increase speed. The motorbike also carried it slightly tight and rough.

aff5n54x9j.jpg
My lost sister-in-law and her children

Armed with the instructions from my brother in front of me, we tried to use the usual short way to Darussalam. Well. But when we passed the Serambi Indonesia Daily. I was presented with a very terrible sight. Water on a large scale rolls whatever is in front of him, including humans. Including the usual shortcuts we use. With extraordinary reflexes, we turned the direction and tried to move away from the water roll. I managed to leave the water, as did my brother and sister. They were behind me and returned to the house where they lived. I hope to be able to use the main road and enter the Simpang Mesra Road then head to Darussalam, but ... :(

Before I got there, I saw the road was crowded with vehicles and a sea of people. But we still try to get past it. It takes agility to ride a motorcycle at that time. But the next incident was terrible. The road we were headed was full of dark water because the Krueng Aceh river had overflowed. Whereas from the sea I heard the sound of thunder and a bang and the cries of humans were approaching. At first glance I saw a pitch black line and kept approaching, I embraced my sister and nephew little angel, we tried to hold each other tightly, I looked into their eyes. The memory was still I imagined until now and without ever I understanding, I could not to explain what was in their gaze at that time.

In the midst of the chaos at the time, I thought that it was impossible to avoid this situation, then the next was just resignation. In my mind, I just tried to make the little angel in my arms not separate from me if I rolled by the water. I reflexively put my niece's body in my T-shirt and pulled her head through the collar of the shirt, I hoped he could be tied securely inside the shirt and not separate from me. The roar of the water drew closer to my ear, just behind us, chasing us and finally the thick water swept over us.

Despite hugging each other and mutually tackling each other's grip, whatever must I did at that time, my strong grip was released by one wave, the black water hit our body, destroying our residence. I staggered. Only the roar and the thud of the water I felt at that moment. And you know what ? After that incident I just know the Tsunami's water velocity at that time reached 700 km / hr and when on land the speed reached 150-200 km / hr, and that exceeded the speed of the motor when I was speeding up before the incident.

I don't know how long, how many seconds, how many minutes. What I know is around me water and water. I was about to get up from the dream surrounded by water, but something was holding me back, something happened to me. Then I know I was overwritten by a large log. With all my might, I tried to shift the log and I was released from it the overflow. There is no other way to breathe air except while going through the water to get into the lungs, I struggle and glide onto the surface of the water. At that moment I was right on the surface below the pamphlet on Simpang Mesra Street. This means that I had crossed the wide river when it sank.

Silence, the roar and panic like missing without a sound, all silent. But I had not had the chance to think everything was over, a big wave and a mountain of water hit me from the direction of Lingke. I was scared and with a little strength I tried to get what was passing in front of me, I hoped there was something that would always keep me on the surface of the water. Yes, at that time I was still holding on and holding on to a small cupboard, but the mountain of water again made me crash and get carried away until I arrived at the Rukoh Darussalam area. This means that I returned through the Krueng Aceh river for the second time.

tj26nk8cyq.jpg
this is my beloved nephew who lost from my arms

In a state of panic, I caught a glimpse of my T-shirt. Oh God, this hurts so much, I just realized and knew that my niece was no longer in my arms, wanted to cry but I couldn't. My concentration is still fixed on the Waves and still leads me indefinitely. I expanded my eyesight and seemed to know the figure of a man who was lying down on the drift wood. I'm sure he is my brother. I called him repeatedly, "Bang Kul ... !! Bang Kul ... !!" I called many times but he didn't hear, I kept trying and surrendering to my voice while throwing the bottle and hit it. Finally I succeeded and he realized. But the initial sentence that came out of his mouth was not about me, the question was "where is my wife and where is my child"? I was in silent, I felt guilty, but the water continued to take me and separated from him again.

15 minutes passed, I was still on a pile of wood, only with panties and torn clothes. With my remaining ear sensitivity, I heard the voice of my brother's call. I am grateful for knowing him survived. He called me "come here ... I am on top of this mango tree". I keep trying to find where it is. My effort was successful, I found him and followed his instructions to climb the tree immediately. That's when I realized that I only used brown panties. (just off the record please). You know, at that time I didn't have the slightest shame, I just tried to climb higher. Embarrassed and happy ? I prioritize my safety, not consider the Embarrassed feeling, that’s not necessarily to save me.

Is it over ?? No..!! This is not over. I saw a strong aftershock with a height exceeding from the first wave, I guess reaching 10 meters high and heading towards us. This wave is like a big monster, running fast and scaring anyone in front of it. My Spirit said this is not the time to give up, I don't want to give up !! I climb higher almost at the highest tip of the mango tree. I could see the water was pitch black and smelled strange.

We all cried in fear, cried and felt very dwarfed before the Creator of the Universe, crying because they could not save, crying because they felt in nothingness and loss.

Next….

The next episode that I saw, the terrible water receded quickly like the first wave to land. The water receded and filled the seabed carrying everything he passed. I sighed, just sitting on the old mango tree. With my remaining energy, I tried to help the others who were still holding on to the branch of the mango tree but the body still was in the water. I noticed the surrounding houses that had been swallowed up by the water, I no longer knew which Kajhu Village, Cadek Village, Krueng Cut Village because all had been even with water. All the territories that I know have become the sea of water and the remnants of the destruction of buildings just in few minutes.

Dozens of survivors including me, my brother and the people in the mango tree are a small person of the hundreds of thousands of people who live in this area. Finally we moved away from this place. Many people were injured, I saw the bodies full of cuts, children who cried apart from their parents. Some of them are seen without clothes because they are carried by strong currents. But my mind did not want to stop to think of my sister and brother and my niece, are they save ?? Along the way, corpses had been collected and I kept turning back and forth between the bodies that had become corpses. Every time that I cry because my efforts are in vain but I hope they are safe somewhere.

"You wait here, I will look for them". That was the sentence that came from my brother's mouth when we arrived at a safe place. At that time we were at the Jami Mosque Darussalam. I saw a worry that was very much on my brother's face, and so did I. But I convinced myself that I had to be strong, because around me I saw all the same thing. Thousands of people are looking for their other relatives, I don't want to depend on people who are also in distress.

For almost 4 hours I was here and every 15 minutes I try to turn back every body I found on the street, on the mosque yard and on the library yard. But my effort still zero. I did not find any sign of the person I loved. Everyone doing the same thing with me, turning back and forth bodies that have been rigid without life, there are those who lifted up the corpses of their children while crying incessantly, pouring out very, very sadness. Little crying children are looking for their mother. I was silent and unable to cry anymore, stepping slowly hoping someone would look for me and call me as brother, sister and uncle. The clock shows 12:30 a.m. Aftershocks that continued to come repeatedly did not dampen the intention of most people to find relatives.

If life were to be the peak of separation, let death connect to it first, but if the death of the peak of separation, let this life bring real meaning.

I sat quietly on the steps of the Campus Mosque, this mosque became one of the closest refuge places and safe. Hundreds of survivors gathered here. I began to pay attention to each corpse being carried together, then placed beside the mosque. I have been sitting here for almost an hour, some acquaintances I met still did not know or see where my sister and nephew was. Hopeless… that was what I felt and the day was getting late.

The prayer has been call, indicating the Asr prayer has arrived, and I follow it early. I want to cry and immediately face God and telling anything, but what should I make ? My tears grew because my clothes were uncivilized for prayer. But finally someone give a Sarong. Before I prayed, at a glance I saw my brother had returned, he sat on a pickup truck with a sad face. What's going on ? Apparently he found my sister's body, I saw his body in a pile of bodies on the car. My legs are weak, my body is unsteady. I immediately lifted her body very slowly, I noticed her face smiling at me. I checked his pulse, silent and no signs of life.

I hugged and gave a kiss on his forehead and saying "But ah! thou soul at peace! (27) Return of unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! (28) Enter thou among My bondmen! (29) Enter thou My Garden! (30)" I looked her carefully, The God covered his nakedness well. She still wear Long red negligee shirt, wrapped in scout trousers that were still perfectly attached to her body, and her white hijab still covered his hair faithfully.

Thank you God, that's the word I say. In the remaining hope and hope at that moment, I still felt concern about my other siblings. Where are they ? are they safe?

coqfut17vv.png
My beloved sister, She lost

Bahasa Indonesia

Kisahku ini adalah kisah nyata, tulisanku ini bersumber dari tulisanku sendiri yang telah dimuat di Lintas Gayo : Kisahku dan Tsunami tanggal 26 Desember 2014 yang diambil dari Catatanku di Facebook Saya KH41M1.MTh : Kisahku dan Tsunami. Aku bagikan kembali, dengan sedikit perbaikan pada penulisan dan kalimat. Karena saat ini adalah peringatan 14 Tahun Musibah Gempat Bumi dan Tsunami Di Aceh.


26 Desember 2004, Ya 14 tahun telah berlalu dimana hari itu adalah hari bersejarah bagiku dan bagi jutaan orang. Hari itu telah berlalu bertahun-tahun lamanya. Hari itu hari dimana aku menemukan sebuah kejadian yang besar dan mewajibkanku untuk sekaligus berucap “innalillah” dan “Alhamdulillah”. Hari itu aku diajarkan untuk belajar optimis dan belajar mengelola kesedihan. Hari dimana aku bahagia sekaligus sedih karena kebahagiaan yang belum kujalani. Jika anak remaja saat itu mengidentikkan malam minggu sebagai malam yang panjang, namun tidak bagiku, karena malam itu memang terasa sangat panjang. Hal itu dikarenakan aku harus mempersiapkan skripsi untuk dapat disidangkan pada hari senin 27 Desember 2004.

26 Desember 2004, pukul 05.00 WIB pagi aku bersiap meninggalkan karya ilmiahku karena mataku ini tanpa dikomando sudah seperti kehabisan energi, terus dipaksa semalam suntuk untuk mendelik memperhatikan huruf-huruf dalam tugas akhirku. Dalam hatiku aku berkata “ayah..mamak maafkan anakmu ngantuk..” Sebelum mata ini benar-benar bersatu, aku menyempatkan diri untuk menghadap Sang Penguasa Kerajaan Alam Semesta dengan 2 rakaat. Ah lega rasa hati karena akhirnya hak dan kewajiban telah terlaksana, keinginan ciptaan Tuhan yang melekat pada wajahku yakni mata, sudah benar-benar tak mau diajak kompromi, kuputuskan mencari tempat untuk dapat merebahkan badan yang lelah ini, kulihat sahabat terbaikku saat itu telah selesai melaksanakan kewajibannya dan mengikutiku untuk meratakan badannya dengan kasur empuk itu. Badanku pun rebah disamping kawan baikku itu.

Sebelumnya, aku masih terbayang-bayang ketika adikku Qurrata ‘Aini berkata : “bang..sidang skripsi nanti dipersiapkan kue atau nasi ?” aku terdiam saat itu. Hatiku galau pemirsah, apa gerangan ? Ya, saat itu aku sangat bingung ini bukan berbicara mau kue atau nasi, karena yang kubutuhkan adalah anggaran darimana ? tapi “muka tak berduit” itu tertangkap oleh adikku, dia berkata “tenang bang, masalah uang untuk belanja tidak perlu dipikirkan, biar adikmu ini yang tanggung” Kebayang kan malu yang tak kentara saat itu, tapi mau ngomong apa karena saat itu memang aku jadi abang yang paling kere sedunia. Terimakasih adikku sayang. Sebuah ungkapan yang terkadang keluar dari mulutku kalau lagi ada maunya. Dalam bayang-bayang itu dan tanpa ada aba-aba, mataku terus bertambah redup, hanya tersisa 3 watt dan akhirnya…. Plip.. Terpejam.

“Keluar…keluar….keluar…!!! itulah kata-kata yang tidak pernah aku lupakan. Istighfar mengalir dari mulutku, bibirku tiada berhenti melafazkan kalimat itu. Mata yang masih berkunang-kunang, kepala terasa pusing akibat terlambat tidur. Aku bangun sambil merangkak perlahan-lahan ke luar rumah dengan tubuh yang dihentak dan seolah di dorong kesana kesini. Mataku sempat tertuju ke arah CPU komputer dan dengan sedikit keberanian kuraih CPU komputer tersebut dan kulemparkan ke atas kasur, dan segera berlari keluar. Ternyata di luar sana sebagian besar penduduk di komplek juga sudah berhamburan keluar dengan wajah panik, kami tiarap, kami duduk dan kami terombang ambing tanpa pernah menyadari siapa yang memerintahkan kami duduk dan tiarap.

Kulihat matahari masih bersinar terang dan muncul dari Timur. Kulihat sekelilingku semua orang menyebut Asma Allah. Aku berfikir ini bukan kiamat karena yang kuyakini diantara salah satu satu tanda kiamat adalah tatkala matahari terbit dari Barat dan jatuh pada hari Jum’at. Matahari itu masih dari arah timur dan ini adalah hari minggu. Kupegangi tanah yang sedikit berkerikil itu. Aku khawatir dan berasumsi bagaimana jika tanah ini mulai retak karena gempa masih sangat kuat dan belum berakhir. Kepalaku masih sangat berat, seolah-olah aku lagi berhadapan dengan lautan berbadai topan, sementara aku adalah nakhoda tanpa anak buah dalam perahu kecil, terhempas kesana kemari, kucoba mencari pegangan namun tetap saja aku merasakan hentakan bumi yang sangat dahsyat.

Beberapa menit kemudian, gempa mulai reda tapi aku masih bergoyang seperti orang hilang keseimbangan. Antara setengah sadar aku berpikiran bahwa mungkin aku kekurangan tidur tapi tidak, karena ternyata goyangan gempa itu masih ada dalam skala kecil. Ku tarik nafas untuk menenangkan diri. Subhanallah..!! tiba-tiba aku teringat dengan adik-adikku dan kakak serta anak-anaknya yang kutinggalkan semalam ? Apakah abangku telah pulang dari Jakarta ? siapa yang menemani mereka semalam ? Pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu berseliweran dalam kepala seiring muncul kekesalan dalam diri. Kenapa aku tak memastikan dulu kedatangan abangku, lalu kemudian aku pulang ke tempat ini ? Hatiku diserang gundah. Tapi apalah daya. Aku masih disibukan untuk berfikir bukan bertindak.

Kuberanikan diri untuk meminjam motor sahabat terbaikku. Dengan menggunakan celana tidur batik, kuselipkan STNK motor ke saku celana tersebut. Baju yang aku pakai pun masih baju Pekan Kebudayaan Aceh yang sebelumnya aku beli di “Arena Hambur-Hambur Uang” itu. Di tengah perjalanan yang masih diselingi gempa itu, kusaksikan Jendela kantor pelayanan PLN Provinsi Aceh di Jalan utama itu, pecah sampai memuntahkan serpihan kacanya ke jalan protokol T. Nyak Arief, tapi aku sudah tak perduli dengan itu semua, pertanyaan-pertanyaan was-was tentang keberadaan adik dan kakak serta abang menjadikan keberanianku meningkat untuk segera tiba disana.

Kupacu motor itu, spedometer menunjukan 100/km perjam, 10 menit aku tiba di rumah kakak di Krueng Cut, namun belum sempat aku memarkirkan motor, abang dan kakak berseru..”buruan liat adik-adik di Kajhu..!!!”. Aku mengiyakan dan tanpa pikir panjang aku langsung kembali membuat gas motor itu berderu dan melaju ke arah Kajhu. Disanalah tempat kami, rumah kami dan tempat kami menghabiskan hari selama menjalani pendidikan di Kota Banda Aceh. Sayup-sayup masih kudengar teriakan-teriakan dan ucapan Asma Allah, demikian juga aku. Dalam kegamangan aku spontan menyebut Asma Allah berharap yang baik dan jauhlah yang buruk.

Simpang Empat Kajhu, “ah sedikit lagi kataku” dan akhirnya aku tiba di Penjara Kajhu yang baru saja diresmikan seminggu lalu. Aku melihat dinding penjara yang sangat tebal itu tidak lagi berbekas, semua ambruk. Yang tertinggal hanyalah kerangkeng besi dan arena olah raga yang terbuat dari jaring-jaring besi. Sambil mengendarai, aku tidak tidak terlalu lama memperhatikan keadaan penjaara itu, karena tujuan utamaku adalah bertemu adik dan abangku.

Perumahan Polayasa Pratama, No. 42, Blok G. itulah alamat rumah kami saat itu. Dengan sedikit mengambil jalan pintas melewati pematang sawah, kupacu motor kawanku itu dengan sedikit cepat. Akhirnya aku tiba di depan rumah yang merupakan pemberian almarhumah ibundaku. Kulihat raut wajah adik dan abangku agak sedikit tegang, sama sepertiku.Namun naluri sebagai abang muncul dan dengan penuh kedewasaan spontanitas aku berpesan kepada mereka. “Adiku Nurun dan Edi, abang mengetahui kamu berdua ujian besok hari, tapi tunggulah sekitar 2 ataupun 3 jam ke depan untuk masuk rumah karena takut nanti ada gempa susulan”. Begitulah nasehatku waktu itu. Melihat kondisi mereka baik-baik saja aku segera pamitan dengan tujuan ke rumah abangku yang pertama di Krueng Cut.

Kembali kususuri jalan lurus menuju rumah kediaman kakak iparku di Krueng cut. Pikirku dalam hati sebelum aku pulang ke tempat dimana aku sedangan bermeditasi dengan skripsi di Kuta Alam, ada baiknya aku bermain sebentar dengan malaikat-malaikat kecilku (Muhammad Mulla Shadra dan Khaira Faqiha). Tapi…!! Saat mencapai depan rumah, keinginan bermain bersama keponakan tiba-tiba buyar. Abangku dengan lantang berkata : “Cepat antar kakakmu dan anak-anak ke Darussalam, Air Laut naik”. Apa maksud “air laut naik” itu tidak pernah kumengerti, karena aku langsung berkata “baiklah..!”.

Dalam hati aku berpikir apakah dimaksud oleh abang tadi adalah air laut pasang ? Tapi dari kejauhan aku mulai mendengar ada suara-suara aneh yang terdengar semakin kencang di telingaku. Suara teriakan dan ada juga suara dentuman. Aku terhenyak dan berpikir ada yang tidak beres. Segera kupacu dan kuperintahkan agar kakakku untuk waspada karena aku akan menaikan kecepatan. Sepeda motor itu juga kularikan dengan sedikit kencang dan kasar.

Berbekal petunjuk dari abangku yang berada di depanku, kami mencoba untuk menggunakan jalur pintas biasa menuju Darussalam. Yah, mungkin abangku merasa agar lebih cepat di Darussalam. Yang terjadi kemudian adalah saat kami melewati Markas Besar Harian Serambi Indonesia (dahulu). Aku disuguhkan pemandangan yang sangat mengerikan. Air dalam skala besar menggulung apa saja yang ada di depannya tak terkecuali manusia. Termasuk jalan pintas yang biasa kami gunakan tersebut. Segera saja dengan reflek luar biasa, kami memutar arah dan berusaha menjauh dari gulungan air tersebut. Aku berhasil meninggalkan air tersebut, begitu juga dengan abangku dan adik perempuanku. Mereka berada dibelakangku dan kembali ke arah rumah tempat mereka tinggal. AKu berharap dapat menggunakan jalur jalan utama dan masuk ke Simpang Mesra lalu menuju Darussalam, tapi..:(

Subhanallah, sebelum sampai kesana, aku melihat jalan Banda Aceh Krueng Raya penuh sesak dengan kendaraan dan lautan manusia. Namun kami tetap berusaha dan memang dibutuhkan kegesitan dalam mengendarai sepeda motor saat itu. Namun pemandangan berikutnya tidak kalah mengerikan. Ternyata Simpang Mesra sudah penuh dengan air akibat Krueng Aceh (sungai) itu telah meluap dan sekilas aku mendengar suara guruh dan dentuman serta teriakan manusia semakin mendekatiku dan keluargaku. Sekilas aku melihat garis hitam pekat dan terus mendekat, kurangkul kakak dan malaikat kecilku, kami berusaha saling memegang erat, kutatap mata mereka. Ingatan itu masih terbayang hingga kini dan tanpa pernah mengerti aku tidak bisa menjelaskan apa yang ada dalam tatapan mereka saat itu.

Di tengah kacaunya keadaan saat itu, aku berpikir bahwa tidak mungkin untuk menghindari keadaan ini, maka selanjutnya adalah pasrah. Dalam pikiranku adalah bagaimana cara agar malaikat kecil dalam gendongan ku ini tidak terpisah dari ku jika nanti berada dalam gulungan air itu. Dengan sigap kumasukan si kecil itu dalam baju kaus dan hanya mengeluarkan kepalanya melalui kerah baju tersebut, berharap dia dapat terikat dengan nyaman di dalam baju dan tidak terpisah dariku. Suara gemuruh air itu semakin dekat di telingaku, persis di belakang kami, mengejar kami dan akhirnya air pekat itu menyapu kami.

Meski kami saling berpelukan dan saling mengecangkan pegangan namun apa daya, peganganku yang kuat mampu terlepas oleh satu hentakan gelombang air yang menghantam tubuh dan pemukiman kami. Aku terhuyung-huyung antara sadar dan tidak. Hanya suara badai disertai air yang masih bergemuruh ke arahku. Baru setelah kejadian itu aku mengetahui bahwa kecepatan air Tsunami mencapai 700 km/jam dan saat di daratan kecepatan mencapai 150-200 km/jam, dan itu melebihi kecepatan motor saat aku mengebut tadi sebelum kejadian.

Entah berapa lama, entah berapa detik, entah berapa menit. Yang aku tahu di sekelilingku air dan air. Aku hendak bangun dari mimpi dikeliling air itu, tapi ada yang menahanku dan kusadari saat itu aku ditimpa oleh kayu balok yang sangat besar. Sekuat tenaga kuangkat gelondongan kayu itu karena aku tahu benda seberat apapun dapat sedikit digerakkan dalam air yang bergerak. Aku lepas dari timpaan kayu itu dan dengan mengirup udara melalui air yang kumasukan dalam paru-paru itu, aku berjuang dan meluncur ke atas permukaan air dan saat itu aku tepat timbul ke permukaan, ya disini, di bawah pamplet besi di Simpang Mesra. Artinya aku telah melewati sungai itu saat tenggelam.

Keadaan hening seketika, suara Gemuruh dan kepanikan tadi seperti hilang tanpa suara, semua diam. Belum sempat aku berpikir bahwa semua telah usai, Gelombang besar dan gunungan air akan segera tiba dari arah Lingke. Aku takut dan dengan sedikit kekuatan kucoba meraih apa yang saja yang lewat di depanku berharap dapat membuat aku selalu di permukaan air. Ya, saat itu aku masih ingat bahwa yang kudapatkan adalah sebentuk lemari yang kecil yang membuat aku bertahan diatas permukaan air namun gunungan air itu kembali membuat aku terhempas dan terbawa arus hingga tiba di daerah Rukoh Darussalam. Artinya aku kembali melewati sungai Krueng Aceh itu untuk kedua kalinya.

Dalam keadaan panik itu, sekilas aku melihat ke arah baju kaosku dan sangat sakit terasa, begitu mengetahui sang malaikat kecilku tidak lagi berada di dalam pelukanku, ingin menangis tapi konsentrasiku masih pecah karena Gelombang air itu masih membawaku tak tentu arah. Di atas air itu, aku memperluas penglihatanku dan kutemui sesosok manusia yang terlungkup di atas kayu yang hanyut. Aku mengenali sosok itu, dan benar ternyata itu adalah Abangku. Aku memanggilnya berulang-ulang, “Bang Kul..!! Bang Kul..!!.” berkali-kali kupanggil namun ia tak mendengar, aku tetap berusaha dan tanpa kenal menyerah kutinggikan suaraku. Akhirnya aku berhasil. Saat itu benar perhatiaanya tertuju kepadaku, namun kalimat awal yang keluar dari mulutnya bukan tentang aku, pertanyaannya itu adalah “kemana istriku dan dimana anakku” ?. aku diam, aku merasa bersalah, namun air itu terus membawaku dan kembali berpisah darinya.

15 Menit berlalu, aku masih berada di atas tumpukan kayu, hanya menggunakan celana dalam dan baju yang robek. Dengan sisa kepekaan telinga yang aku punya saat itu, aku seperti mendengar suara panggilan abangku. Aku bersyukur karena mengetahui keberadaanya yang selamat. Dia memanggilku ”kesini..kesini…abang ada di atas pohon mangga”. Itulah yang terdengar saat itu dan aku terus berusaha menemukan dimana keberadaannya. Usahaku berbuah hasil, aku menemukan Abangku dan mengikuti instruksinya agar menaiki pohon tersebut. Saat dimana aku baru sadar kalau aku hanya menggunakan celana dalam berwarna cokelat. (off the record). Kamu tahu, tanpa rasa malu sedikitpun aku berusaha memanjat, antara malu dan selamat maka aku aku mengutakamakan keselamatan, bukan malu yang dipertimbangkan.

Sudah berakhir ?? tidak..!! musibah ini belum berakhir. Aku melihat gelombang air susulan yang kencang dengan tingginya mencapai 10 meter seperti mengejar kami. Gelombang kedua datang dan lebih tinggi dari yang pertama. Seperti hantu yang begitu besar berlari dengan cepat dan menakuti siapapun yang ada di hadapannya. namun ini bukan saatnya menyerah, aku tidak mau menyerah !! Aku memanjat lebih tinggi hingga keberadaanku saat itu hampir berada di pucuk pohon mangga tersebut. Sempat terlihat air itu berwarna hitam pekat dan berbau aneh. Kami semua menangis ketakutan, menangis dan merasa sangat kerdil di hadapan Sang Maha Pencipta, menangis karena tak mampu menyelamatkan, menangis karena merasa dalam ketiadaan dan kehilangan.

Selanjutnya….

Episode berikutnya yang aku saksikan air mengerikan itu kemudian surut memenuhi dasar-dasar laut membawa semua yang dilewatinya. Aku menghela nafas panjang, aku hanya diam di atas pohon mangga yang sudah tua itu, dengan sisa tenaga aku mencoba menolong yang lain yang kebetulan masih berpegangan di cabang pohon mangga tersebut namun masih berada di air. Ku perhatikan sekelilingku rumah-rumah yang telah hilang ditelan air, aku tidak lagi mengenal mana Kajhu, Cadek, Krueng Cut karena semua telah rata dengan air. Pepohonan terbawa kesana kemari. Semua wilayah yang aku kenal itu telah menjadi lautan air dan sisa-sisa hancuran bangunan hanya dalam hitungan menit.

Puluhan orang yang selamat termasuk aku dan abangku serta orang-orang yang berada di pohon mangga itu sebagian kecil dari ratusan ribu orang yang memukimi daerah ini. Kami bergerak menjauh dari tempat ini. Banyak yang terluka, tubuh penuh sayatan, sangat perih pastinya saat bersentuhan dengan air laut yang asin. Anak-anak yang menangis terpisah dari ibu bapaknya. Sebagian mereka terlihat tanpa pakaian kaena terbawa arus yang kencang. Dalam keadaan seperti itu, pikiranku tak mau berhenti memikirkan keselamatan adik dan kakak dan malaikat kecilku, selamatkah mereka ?? Di sepanjang jalan menuju ke tempat yang lebih aman aku tak henti-hentinya membolak balik tubuh-tubuh yang telah menjadi mayat. Setiap kali itu pula aku menangis karena usahaku sia-sia.

“Kamu tunggu disini, abang akan mencari kakakmu dan adik-adik”. Itulah kalimat yang meluncur dari mulut abangku ketika kami telah sampai ke tempat yang aman tepatnya di Mesjid Jami’ Kampus Darussalam. Aku melihat kekhawatiran yang teramat sangat di wajah abangku itu, begitu juga aku. Namun kuyakinkan diri sendiri bahwa aku harus tegar, karena di sekelilingku kulihat hal yang sama. Ribuan orang mencari sanak keluarga mereka yang lain, aku tak mungkin menggantungkan diri pada orang yang juga sedang dalam kesusahan.

Hampir 4 jam dan di setiap 15 menitnya aku tak lelah bersusah payah membolak balik tiap tubuh yang kujumpai di jalan, di halaman masjid dan di halaman perpustakaan. Namun tetap nihil. Aku sama sekali tak menemukan tanda dari orang yang kusayang. Semua orang sepertinya melakukan hal yang sama denganku membolak balikkan tubuh-tubuh yang telah kaku tanpa nyawa, ada yang mengangkat mayat anaknya sambil tak henti-hentinya menangis, menumpahkan kesedihan yang teramat sangat. Anak-anak kecil yang menangis mencari ibunya. Aku terdiam dan tak mampu menangis lagi, melangkah gontai berharap ada yang mencariku dan memanggilku abang, adek, ama. Tapi hal itu tidak pernah lagi terdengar hingga kini. Saat itu sudah lewat pukul 12 siang. Gempa-gempa susulan yang terus datang bertubi-tubi tak menyurutkan niat kebanyakan orang untuk mencari sanak keluarganya.

Andai hidup puncak perpisahan, biarlah mati menyambungnya semula, namun seandainya mati puncak perpisahan, biarlah hidup ini membawa arti yang nyata. Aku duduk tanpa suara di tangga Masjid Kampus, masjid ini menjadi salah satu tempat pengungsian terdekat dan relatif lebih aman. Ratusan orang yang selamat berkumpul di sini. Aku mulai memperhatikan tiap mayat yang digotong beramai-ramai, lalu di letakkan di samping masjid. Sudah hampir satu jam aku duduk di sini, beberapa orang kenalan yang kujumpai tetap tidak tahu menahu atau melihat dimana keberadaan adik kakak dan keponakanku..Hopeless,..mungkin itu yang aku rasakan dan hari pun semakin senja.

Panggilan azan berkumandang, menandakan waktu shalat ashar telah tiba, segera kususul panggilan itu. Aku ingin menangis dan segera menghadap-NYA tapi tangisanku menjadi-jadi karena menyadari bahwa pakaianku tidak beradab untuk menghadapNYA, di tengah kegamanganku saat itu, sekilas aku melihat saudara tertuaku telah kembali, dia duduk di atas sebuah mobil pick up dengan wajah sedih. Apa gerangan dalam hatiku. Ternyata dia menemukan jasad adik perempuanku, kulihat tubuhnya berada dalam tumpukan mayat di atas mobil itu. Kakiku lemas, tubuhku gontai. Aku segera mengangkat tubuhnya dengan sangat pelan-pelan, kuperhatikan wajahnya tersenyum kepadaku. Kuperiksa denyut nadinya, diam dan tak ada tanda-tanda kehidupan.

Kupeluk dan kuberikan kecupan di keningnya sambil berkata “wahai jiwa yang tenteram..kembalilah engkau kepada TuhanMU dalam keadaan ridha, masuklah engkau ke dalam golongan hamba-hamba TuhanMU dan masuklah ke dalam Syurga TuhanMU”. Kuperhatikan jasad adikku itu dengan seksama, ternyata Allah menutupi Auratnya dengan baik. Baju daster panjang berwarna merah, dalam balutan celana panjang pramuka masih melekat di tubuhnya dengan sempurna, bahkan penutup kepalanya yang berwarna putih masih setia menutupi rambutnya. Terimakasih ya Allah, begitulah kata yang kuucapkan. Dalam sisa harap dan asa saat itu, aku masih merasakan kekhawatiran tentang saudara-saudara kandungku yang lain. Dimana mereka ? apakah mereka selamat ?

Continued....

How do you think after read my writing ?? If you interesting, please drop your comment and follow me to get spirit for some exciting post in near future. I am very appreciate it. God Bless You All.

My best regard

@khaimi

Thank for visiting my blog

All Pictures here is mine like in my facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/KH41M1.MTh]


Posted Using eSteem surfer

Posted using eSteem Surfer

Meet the eSteem Family | Blog, Vote, Share and Get Paid. 🌐[email protected]
| 👨‍💻GitHub | 📺YouTube
✍🏻 Telegram | 💬Discord

Sort:  

Your story is really heart touching and I am very glad to see your faith on Allah.

Thank you so much @introvert-dime. Thanks fir your support. My story and memories make me strong to find a better life and more close to God. God bless you too.

Posted using Partiko Android

I remember i part of this stpry that you told me, i'm sorry to you brother
RIP
peace.
#ZAP

Thanks for using eSteem!
Your post has been voted as a part of eSteem encouragement program. Keep up the good work! Install Android, iOS Mobile app or Windows, Mac, Linux Surfer app, if you haven't already!
Learn more: https://esteem.app
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/8eHupPq

Sangat sedih aku bg. Aku nangis membacanya, itu yang kurasa. Sabar bg.. Mereka telah mendapatkan pahala syahid. Semoga Allah berikan tempat yang indah untuk mereka.

Posted using Partiko Android

Terimakasih banyak bang @midun. Banyak kisah kehidupan kita saat ini karena peran mereka, sadar atau tidak bahwa saya hari ini karena ada mereka. Kenangan ini adalah aalah satunya.

Posted using Partiko Android

Ya bg, tetap semangat menjalani hidup.! Semoga kelak kita dipertemukan dengan orang-orang yang kita cintai di surganya Allah.

Posted using Partiko Android

14 tahun berlalu, namun semua kenangan masih membekas dalam hati dan ingatan. Semoga mereka yang sudah duluan meninggalkan dunia diberikan Pahala Syahid disisi-Nya.

Amin ya Rabb... Terimkasih atas supportnya bang. Insya Allah kenangan itu semakin membuat saya kuat bang. Mengenang mereka adalah keindahan, kehilangan mereka Allah yang Menentukan. Rasa kehilangan itu tidak sebanding dengan Rahman dan RahimNya.

So sad... I'm so sorry for your loss.... So many years but it is still painful... :(

Thank you soo much ny friend. Those memories make me strong, they will always be present in my life, make me excited. Their burden in this mortal world has been completed, and we don't know what it will be like next. Stay alert and get closer to our Creator.

Yes, I hope it strengthens you as it should. We must all learn to go on in life...

I hope you understand about my writing. Because my english not good.

Yes, I do... No problem

Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by khaimi from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows. Please find us at the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.

If you would like to delegate to the Minnow Support Project you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP.
Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.

Gusti Allah. Sedih saya bacanya, Pak.
Semoga mereka yang sudah lebih dahulu meninggalkan kita, diberi pahala syahid oleh-Nya. Amiin. Amiin. ☺️

Amin ya rabbal 'alamin. Terimakasih atas doanya @yul14stuti.

Posted using Partiko Android

it is really so sad my friend. all have good time. it will come soon for you..

Thank you so much @tussar11 for your spirit.

Posted using Partiko Android