• Balearic Islands.Rafa Nadal donates one million euros to those affected by the floods in Sant Llorenç

  • Tennis.Rafa Nadal, cover of 'The Times' for his help during the floods in Mallorca

Two years after the tragic floods that destroyed the Mallorcan municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassasr, its city council has started the procedures for the tennis player

Rafa Nadal to be recognized as the adopted son of the town

.

According to the municipal corporation, the tennis player "joined the volunteers to help with their hands to remove the mud", which served to demonstrate

"his immense affection and humanity."

The Consistory highlights the tennis player's "connection" with Sant Llorenç, where he has family and friends.

"His sensitivity towards us makes him a special person for all of us," he says in a press release.

In addition, it

will dedicate a street of the municipality.

The floods in the Mallorcan town occurred on October 9, 2018. They left behind 13 deaths, numerous damage and "great pain in the heart and memory of all."

The area affected by the torrent received thousands of volunteers, but the images of the Balearic tennis player wearing wellies and scooping up water and mud with a broom as one more volunteer the day after the tragedy went around the world and made the front page from 'The Times'.

In addition, the distinction also aims to thank the solidarity race that the tennis star organized and that

raised a million euros

that were distributed among all those affected.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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