On Wednesday, the couple managed to get to Valencia.
“It’s like a warzone,” said Mrs Loftus. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
They lost all their belongings as well as their car, but Mrs Loftus said she felt “lucky”.
“I do keep getting flashbacks and [getting] emotional but I just keep feeling grateful,” she said.
“We were in the wrong place at the wrong time… but it wasn’t our time to go.”
They are still stuck in Valencia because many of the roads are still closed, with abandoned cars “stacked” on top of each other.
She said their plan was to “hunker down” for a few days, and try and replace some of the belongs they have lost.
“[And we’ll join] with the rest of the Spanish nation in mourning,” she said.
“We will be mourning the poor people who did not survive.”