Many white balloons greeted Salvatore Caliano today in the church of San Giorgio ai Mannesi, in the Forcella district of Naples, the 22-year-old boy who died last Tuesday after falling from a skylight in a condominium in via Duomo where he was working to earn some extra money. In the church, next to the family, torn apart but composed in their grief, were many people and many young people. Friends who wore a white t-shirt with a photograph of Salvatore printed on it. On Salvatore's coffin only white roses. Don Angelo Berselli's memory was moving in his homily: "Salvatore did not stop loving you even after he died. With his uprightness he had already made his choice, taken his path working for 35 euros; he made a courageous and honest choice. He is here, the bond remains. We must pray for him, friends cannot waste the opportunity to be close to a Saint. In a few years he could have changed path, but now what he did will remain for eternity. In front. In these days I spoke with those who knew him and no one spoke badly of him. We have Salvatore as a reference. Prayer will serve to stay in touch with him. Let's not waste this opportunity. What has been done will last for eternity. Let's take responsibility for his legacy, for what he left us". The neighborhood has rallied around the Caliano family as well as the municipal administration that participated in the funeral represented by the deputy mayor, Raffaele Del Giudice. "The administration - said Del Giudice - wanted to share its closeness to the family always in discretion and respect for their pain". To the family, the number two of Palazzo San Giacomo expressed the desire of the mayor, Luigi de Magistris, to go and visit them. Among the people who attended was also Antonio Cesarano, father of Genny, an innocent victim of the Camorra killed in the Sanità district three years ago: "I knew Salvatore, he was a friend of Genny. We also know the family. You can't die for 35 euros. The State has done nothing for work. Salvatore worked, then they say they don’t want to work. The fight against the Camorra is done by creating work. Look at what happens to young people who work illegally. He was a humble boy and he wasn’t afraid to do anything to work. We are all responsible for his death. We can’t allow it”.
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