Feet dangling, sitting on the marble ledge of the building that houses the offices of the municipality of Giugliano.
Separated from the asphalt by six floors of despair. The one with no way out, without light, black as night.
The gaze turned only downwards, in search of a reason for life. Or death.
He wants to end it. Put a full stop without going to the next line. There are many people around him.
Dozens of worried onlookers were out on the street, their cell phone cameras all pointed upwards.
Behind him two uniforms, those of the Carabinieri of the mobile radio section of Giugliano in Campania. A few meters between them. They know that one false move could extinguish the last glimmer of lucidity and push that man to defy gravity.
A policeman distracted him and another grabbed him
So they wait. One of them distracts him, tries to calm him down. The other one goes around him silently, taking advantage of the fact that someone is entertaining that man on the phone.
Then comes the moment of intervention. The man turns to his left, hands the smartphone to the soldier he had been talking to. The other approaches him, grabs him and together with his colleague drags him to safety.
Both of them do not stop holding him, because it is in those seconds that desperation turns into awareness. You are grateful for having had another chance, with yourself and with those who put their life before that of others.
The man bursts into a violent cry. He hugs the carabinieri, and does not let them go.
He is safe and is now in the hands of specialists who will ensure that his condition improves.
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