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Earthquake, talks about the firefighter who wrote the little Julia: "My only a movement of the heart, not a hero '
AMATEUR was the super-hero. The Italian myth that the world envies us and of which all the world has followed the exploits. The symbol of the great Italian flag heart. But then, after all the celebrity, the story of Andrea De Filippo, the firefighter who after 16 hours rescued a girl of nine years from the house destroyed by the earthquake and failed to rescue the little sister of four whose coffin did find a letter, begins to clarify better. And adding new details. One is the tweet (which Andrea now apologizes and who yesterday removed) written just after the disaster: "Laura Boldrini, you give housing to the displaced or continue to put those parasites of immigrants?".
Here Andrea De Filippo, 27, a voice almost frightened by too much unexpected celebrity. What made you decide to throw in the rubble of that house in Pescara del Tronto? "It was an instinctive gesture. What it derived from my public spirit which is very strong. " The little Giorgia was saved, the eldest sister Giulia no. "In fact in my letter I write to the child that there is more: so sorry, we did not have time." Andrea, you know that she has become a national hero and is known by everyone in the world as a great savior? "Useless hero, spot savior of the people, I am only a human being. And as such, in that terrible night, I went to make my contribution. "
In that fire brigade it is? "I'm not even a real fireman, only a volunteer firefighter who wants to become a firefighter and I hope to do." It tells us how it went well? "Truly, I did not do to free Georgia from the debris that had buried Giulia. All I did was, in the dust of this house of Pescara del Tronto, to take away with tens of dry debris and rubble. Giorgia I saw while I was in the dust, but it was saved: they had just released the firefighters. "
But he threw himself in the ruins? "Like I said, mine was just an instinctive gesture. As soon as I heard about the earthquake I was mobilized. In these situations so terrible, humans must do humans. Simply". And a letter for the funeral of Julia, Mr. Andrea volunteer firefighter, why he decided to write it? "Always for the same reason. A movement of the heart but also perhaps of reason. I took paper, pen, and it turns out that text that toured the world but I do not want to be a character. My moral task is to give a hand. "
Massimo Caico: "The doll and a pink shirt, so I saved the little Giorgia"
"I'm not a guy who likes to tell, but this time my wife Edwige insisted: foul, Massimo says Giorgia and how you saved, giving anyone this story. So ok, maybe this time he Edwige reason. I Massimo Caico, firefighter in Teramo fire with twenty years of service, and will never forget the eyes of that little girl of four years which hatch and comes back to life after more than 16 hours under two meters of rubble. "
But how did you survive?
"He had a mouth full of earth, was completely submerged, but saved her the body of her older sister, Julia, who unfortunately found dead. Somehow, the he filtered in a breath of air. And it is enough ".
At that time he started to dig?
"Around the 9. At the first shock and I Edwige we woke up: for her it was a nightmare coming back, the same fear of the Eagle night when the house in Teramo could not stop dancing. I do not know yet, but Aquila was there four rotations in shifts, so many bodies extracted but no one alive. At 5 I got to the core of Teramo: at 8 started our column, an hour later we were in Pescara del Tronto ".
In what remained of Pescara del Tronto.
"There were so many rescue workers already working at various places, they tell us that you are looking for two girls in the place where a house collapsed. Parents have them extracted, alive but in serious condition. With a colleague we start digging where they thought the room was small. We work for hours, but we do not find anything. "
No noise? No complaint?
"Nothing. But at some point comes a doll. Perhaps we are, I tell myself. We continue to dig and check a stuffed animal; then another, here is a table of plastic dolls. But you do not hear a sound. No noise. It's already afternoon, we continue to dig without a moment's pause. There comes a labrador dog lovers nuclei, we take the opportunity to eat a sandwich. "
Did you find the dog?
"He sensed something, but unfortunately the signal was not very clear. But for us it was an extra incentive: the time goes too fast when excavations. It was already 18. It's been too many hours, we say. I'm afraid it again as Aquila, which I will not find anyone alive. And at that moment touch the edge of a mattress. "
the bedroom of the girl child?
"We dig furiously: if it is them, we will find you soon. After a while 'emerges the edge of a cushion. And there beside the foot of a child. "
Giorgia?
"No. It was Julia, abhbiamo knew then. That leg was cold. Bad sign. But we always hope. Continuing to dig deep risks to slide in the hole debris from the edges. But be quick, so we used buckets. We cleaned up the leg of a child half. Cold and completely buried. But that's where the nightmare turned into a dream. "
What do you mean?
"From the house downstream colleagues are pulling out the body of a person. Do not believe me anymore, you know? But while I pick up the cold leg Giulia see the earth moving nearby, with the rhythm of what could be a breath. At that moment the earth started shaking very strong: another shock, and very intense. "Shut up a minute," I shouted to colleagues and relief workers. I was not sure of anything, but we heard the wail of a child. Flebile, almost imperceptible, but there was. "She's alive!" I yelled. "Breathe, the earth moves for that." An emotion gorgeous. I get pats on the back, there's a euphoria that puts chills but we can only think of digging. "
By then it was made?
"Not yet. Here are the shorts in pink. We find the femur, the thigh here. We scratch off the ground with your hands, going down the leg. It was hot, yes. Wonderful. We stop a moment to give space to doctors, who rush to put on a drip to stabilize the child. Tap again to us. He curled up under her older sister, who instead is lying. Maybe they are embraced in sleep or fear, and the body has saved Giulia Giorgia. It was upside down, in the midst of the unstable ground, a new shock could nullify everything. We accelerated trying to find his head. I found a tuft of hair. Now it was done. That face, those eyes here is that hatch, and I will never forget. His mouth was full of earth, who knows how he breathe. As soon as we pulled it has spat off a bit '. It was virtually unharmed, I swear that if there are miracles this is it for sure. "
She had fainted?
"No, indeed. "Water, water," he said at once and I and my colleague spent the doctors. Some of us from behind asked: what's your name? And she: "Giorgia" As soon as the doctors have finished the first intervention and have moved away, I went back to digging. There was still his sister. We pulled out a few minutes later, battered by the weight of the rubble. You never get used
see a broken life. The sadness it bisects. Maybe you have not been fast enough. But I imagined her father's emotion when he found out that at least not lost them both, his daughters. And my, I did not have children but now maybe I have one. "