"Nothing can relieve these people of their pain, but our goal is to give an answer to the demands for justice". This was stated by the prosecutor of Verbania , Olimpia Bossi , on the first anniversary of the tragedy of Mottarone , the tragic accident at the cable car that cost the lives, on May 23, 2021 , of 14 people .
On this occasion, a memorial stone was inaugurated in the place of the tragedy. A sad ceremony, in the presence of the victims' families.
"Today is the day of silence - Olimpia Bossi added - And it is the day of families who with great strength and courage have climbed up to here to remember their loved ones who are no longer there".
"Today we reopen a drawer of pain , of wounds that will never heal and also of so much anger, which is human", a passage from the homily of Fr Gianluca Villa, parish priest of Stresa, recalling that Sunday a year ago, "a Sunday marked by innocent blood, in which the sun was obscured by darkness ".
"It's been a year" the words of Elisabetta Personini 's mother and grandmother of little Mattia, two of the fourteen victims of Mottarone . Morandi bridge ". "We want to know the truth and that justice be done quickly", he added.
At the ceremony also the paternal aunt of little Eitan , the only survivor of the tragedy. Deep condolences also from the mayor of Stresa, who recalled how "doing justice is a duty", and from the president of the Region Alberto Cirio , who spoke of "a painful moment for everyone". "I believe - continued Cirio - that the institutions do well to honor the victims so that this tragedy does not fall into oblivion".
(Unioneonline / vl)