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The courage of two carabinieri saved the life of a young man who attempted an extreme gesture by throwing himself into the Toce River.
It happened on January 5th around 2am. A father called 112 to report that he had just received a request for help from his son, in his early twenties, who had thrown himself into the Toce River to take his own life. As soon as the emergency services were alerted, the parents went to the point indicated by their son and, in complete darkness, identified him only thanks to the light of their mobile phone, which fortunately still worked despite the water. The boy was lying in the water, in the middle of the river, clinging to a rock.
By now the ambulance had driven off. A race with sirens and blue lights so you don’t miss a second. First the medical personnel and a few minutes later the patrol of the Verbania Company’s radio mobile division arrived at the Roman bridge in Cuzzago. Just enough time to receive instructions from the father, and the two soldiers didn’t think about it for a second. They sat down along the four-meter-high retaining wall and plunged into the icy waters of the river in the dark, fighting the current, which is particularly treacherous at this point, even considering that the water level is over one and a half meters. They formed a chain and managed to reach the young man, who was now almost completely unconscious, and after grabbing him tightly and fighting against the force of the water and hypothermia, they managed to carry him to the retaining wall where They were waiting for the firefighters to try to wake the now unconscious boy.
First the firefighters harnessed the boy and lifted him onto the top of the wall, then it was the turn of the two soldiers. All were immediately rescued and taken to the Dea in Verbania with obvious symptoms of hypothermia, after remaining in the water for some time, the boy for over half an hour and the police for about 20 minutes.
Endless minutes for the boy’s parents, who could only watch the rescue with the grief of someone who sees his son just a breath away from death and the hope that two strangers in uniform will perform the miracle of saving his life. The miracle happened and the parents were able to hug their boy again. Now they are all fine, both the boy and his two guardian angels.
The father explained that his son was a good boy and that he was working with him. The extreme gesture is probably due to a moment of discouragement due to the end of the relationship with his girlfriend, which occurred about a month ago.
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