Mattarella visits the young survivors of Crans-Montana
The Head of State visited the Milan hospital where the young survivors of the New Year's Eve tragedy are hospitalised
by N.Co.
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"They have to make it. We must give them back a full life'. This was said by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to the parents of the young survivors of the New Year's Eve massacre at Crans-Montana met at the Niguarda hospital in Milan, speaking of the young people who were hospitalised. The President of the Republic went to Milan for the inauguration of Casa Italia and then had breakfast with members of the Italian National Olympic Committee. In the evening at La Scala Theatre, the inauguration ceremony of the 145th session of the International Olympic Committee,
The Head of State thanked the doctors
Meeting the doctors of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan who were treating the boys injured in the Crans Montana tragedy, the Head of State thanked them. "I thank you for what you usually do and for what you have done and are doing in this circumstance," said the President of the Republic, The Head of State, in the Lombard capital for the events linked to the Milan-Cortina Olympics, in addition to the doctors, met the boys' families. After the meeting with the parents and doctors, the President made a short tour of the ward.
Mattarella meets Chiara Costanzo's parents
The President of the Republic then met in the prefecture in Milan with the parents of Chiara Costanzo, the young student at the Moreschi high school in Milan who died in the Crans-Montana fire.
Parents of young people being treated at Niguarda
"It was a surprise and a joy for the parents, who were obviously overjoyed, and it was very emotional and moving," said Guido Bertolaso, Lombardy Region's Welfare Councillor, regarding the President of the Republic's visit to the children hospitalised at Niguarda. Bertolaso reported that the parents "were very impressed and touched by his words and by the visit that went on for a long time," he said. "The president also wanted to meet some of the boys at the burns centre, those who were able to meet him, and he inquired in detail about the situation of the others. The boys' course, Bertolaso added, "is going well".
The death toll has risen to 41
Meanwhile, the death toll of the Crans-Montana massacre has unfortunately risen to 41. A tragedy that claimed yet another victim: an 18-year-old Swiss boy who was hospitalised in a desperate condition in Zurich hospital. Confirmation of the death came in a note from the canton of Valais, Beatrice Pilloud, explaining that the boy's death occurred on Saturday.
