2024-05-01 04:48:21
BOLZANO. It was last August. Matteo Zagoonly 7 years old, managed to stop the car of his father who was suffering from a heart attack, preventing it from crashing, and to call 112. For this action, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella today (April 27) named him among the new 29 “Standards of the Republic”.
I am 29 certificates of honour awarded, “Solidarity for the environment and for culture” is the prevailing theme that inspired the choice in 2023, which is accompanied by “certificates of honor relating to acts performed with particular courage and emblematic gestures of friendship”.
Among these, there is that of little Matteo: “For the promptness with which, at just eight years old, he managed to stop a moving vehicle which was in danger of crashing due to illness who hit his father while he was driving – we read in the Quirinale press release – Matteo was alone in the car with his father who suddenly lost consciousness due to an illness. Without being paralyzed by fear, the child, despite his very young age, undid his seat belt, moved his father’s leg from the accelerator, pressed the brake pedal and managed to stop the car. Then, realizing the seriousness of his father’s condition, he took his cell phone and activated emergency services which, which arrived shortly after, saved the man’s life.”
The Certificates – underlines the Quirinale – “enhance the voluntary actions, examples of active citizenship, as well as the stories of young people who were able to transform their passion for writing or science into a “bridge” to reduce inequalities. The cases chosen, however, do not constitute examples of rare actions, but are representative of widespread behaviors, of spontaneous solidarity: actions and feelings to be encouraged to spread among young people those values that can allow them to become builders of a sustainable future, adults aware of importance of solidarity in a world crossed by conflicts, climate change, environmental crises”.
2024-05-01 04:48:21