”Mario was the burning flame of our history”. This is what the wife and family of Mario Cerciello Rega, the carabiniere killed last July in Rome, wrote in a message read during the ceremony for the planting of a pomegranate tree in Somma Vesuviana, the vice brigadier's hometown. The message was entrusted to the event's presenter by the vice brigadier's family, who read it during the ceremony. ”We thank and express all our gratitude to the promoters of this noble initiative – they wrote in the message – and to the authorities who attended this important event in memory of our beloved Mario, the burning flame of our history, so that those who fell in the line of duty and their families struck by unspeakable pain are never forgotten”. Mayor Salvatore Di Sarno also remembered, once again, the vice brigadier's sacrifice. “In the past, it was believed that the pomegranate could save humanity from destruction,” he said, “just like Mario, strong and courageous but with a good and sincere soul. He may not have saved the world, but he left us so much.”
English: "Now that it has been formally acquired that it was not true that the two boys who killed Mario did not know who they were facing, it erases everything that has been said about this whole story, even in a negative way". This was said by the general of the army corps, Vittorio Tomasone, on the sidelines of the demonstration held in Somma Vesuviana. The commander, answering journalists, underlined that demonstrations like today's "leave no room for critical reflections". "I believe - he added - that sometimes we dwell excessively on what could be difficulties, critical issues or even errors that could be committed, and instead we lose sight of the most important part of an action". "Only those who do not live in a reality as frenetic as that of Rome or a large metropolis - he underlined - do not know what stress is, what urgency is that an activity sometimes requires, and the courage, the value, the professionalism, the spirit of sacrifice, lead to immediate intervention precisely to try to resolve a situation immediately.
Article published on November 26, 2019 - 19:17
