Lots of white balloons thrown into the air after the coffin was placed inside the hearse. And then, when he left slowly to go towards the cemetery, in addition to a long applause, there was a procession of roaring motorcycles following him .
Lorenzo Kingori Boi , the 17-year-old boy who lost his life on Saturday 13 August in a tragic accident on the Orientale Sarda, near Urzulei , really loved motorcycles. And some of his friends wanted to pay homage to him in this way, on the day of the funeral, which took place this afternoon in the church of Sant'Anna in Stampace , filled not only by relatives and friends, but also by those who have it in this historic district of Cagliari . known. They too did not want to miss the last farewell and gathered around their father Andrea, their mother Margaret and their sister , enclosed in their composed pain.
The short ceremony was officiated by Fr Michelangelo Dessì , director of the Don Bosco Salesian Institute. "Today Jesus stops in front of the coffin and then consoles Lorenzo's family - he said in his homily - He turns to his mother and tells her 'do not cry'. Life does not stop inside a coffin . The Lord approaches Lorenzo today. and he says to him: 'Get up, because your position is not horizontal, you are standing by my side' ”.
Almost everyone in Stampace knew him and he was very well liked. Born in Mombasa, Kenya, he lived in this neighborhood since he was a child, in a building in the final stretch of Via Sant'Efisio . For this reason, even those who were not his close friends, during the last farewell, could not hold back the tears.
The parents and the sister received the warm embrace of many present. At the ceremony there were, among others, his friends from outside and his classmates and school mates at Pirandello.