Today, the heroic boy from Ponticelli, Francesco Paolillo, would have turned 30. He died after falling from a building under construction to save a peer.

The kids of Viale Carlo Miranda wanted to remember him again today with posters designed by the kids of the neighborhood containing messages of affection and remembrance of Francesco. Also leaving a colored balloon with the number 30. In the meantime, a mural is being worked on to remember Francesco in an area where the family lives, which has received municipal authorizations. The initiative wanted by the Francesco Paolillo Association, led by his brother Alessandro and the citizens of the neighborhood.

Since last February, a street in the Ponticelli neighborhood has been dedicated to Francesco Paolillo. Many notes of remembrance left by friends and kids from the neighborhood today on Francesco Paolillo's birthday. In the meantime, good news arrives for the residents of the neighborhood where the waste soil from the Pianura landfill will no longer be dumped. In recent months, this had raised protests from citizens. And now, finally, it has been decided to stop the transport to the landfill site where Francesco met his death.

Article published on 24 February 2021 - 17:36