The 20-year-old boy who died in the flood in Pianoro (Bologna) was called Simone Farinelli . He was born in the province of Brescia, but lived in Ozzano Emilia, a town near where the tragedy occurred.
According to the reconstruction, Simone Farinelli was in the car with his brother when the two were overwhelmed by the wave of the Rio Caurinziano in Botteghino di Zocca . The brother managed to escape from the car, while he was unable to get out and the flood wave swept away the car. The young victim had a hearing disability problem, the body was recovered on the bank of the Zena torrent.
"I held his hand as long as I could, but then I lost my grip," says his brother Andrea . "We were returning home and I saw a car smaller than ours pass by, I thought we would make it, then the sudden wave from the hill took us away. Maybe a meter further would have been enough to be safe."
Andrea rolled down the window, got out of the car and pulled himself up with the help of the mirror, then took his brother's hand: "I held him as long as I could, I will never forgive myself for not being able to save him" . Today Andrea Farinelli would have started university.
There are over three thousand displaced people in Emilia Romagna .
(Online Union)
