2023-08-28 20:13:37
The word “miracle” is almost too weak. On Saturday, a 37-year-old man saved the life of a three-year-old girl after she had fallen from the fifth floor of a building in Turin, numerous Italian media reported. dont The Republic. He caught her before she finished falling on the sidewalk.
The incident took place around 11 a.m. While on his way to a bakery in central Turin, Mattia Aguzzi, a banker, was alerted by shouts coming from a street window. “The little girl kept leaning more and more and climbing over the ledge, she was only holding on with two arms and her legs were in the air,” he told the channel. Italian television Sky TG24.
“I blocked it by cushioning the blow and we both fell to the ground”
“I started yelling at her to stay still and come inside, but she didn’t hear,” he continues. Mattia Aguzzi then decides to stand under the window where the little girl is, and to estimate the trajectory that her fall could take. “When I saw her fall I got in the way, closed my eyes and hoped for the best, I blocked her, cushioning the blow and we’re all both fell to the ground,” says the banker.
“At first, I felt no sign of life, then the baby started crying and I breathed a sigh of relief”, concludes Mattia Aguzzi. Although the young girl was “well”, she was transported to the hospital to be examined, under the eyes of the parents “in shock”.
“Honor and recognition to this young hero”
This heroic act was hailed on Sunday by Giorgia Meloni. “The story of a little girl who fell from the 5th floor of a balcony of a building in Turin could have turned into a tragedy. But thanks to the promptness of Mattia Aguzzi, who saw her fall and caught her in flight, she was saved. Honor and recognition to this young hero,” wrote the Italian Prime Minister on X (formerly Twitter).
The story of a little girl who fell from the 5th floor of a balcony in a building in Turin could have turned into tragedy. But thanks to the promptness of Mattia Aguzzi, who saw her fall and grabbed her in the air, her life is saved. Much honor and gratitude to this young hero. pic.twitter.com/B6yzkEYZan
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) August 27, 2023
Monday, two days after the events, Mattia Aguzzi went to the hospital to meet the little girl’s family, reports The Republic. “I am happy to know that she is well,” he commented. According to the transalpine daily, the 37-year-old man was thanked for a long time by the mother of the child, with tears in his eyes.
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