«I'm alone, can you come and keep me company?». This is the request that the Siniscola police were heard making on the phone on the afternoon of Christmas Day. On the other end of the phone was a 90-year-old from Budoni , who tried to break her loneliness with a phone call to the military.
"On this day of celebration, loneliness increases for me, if I don't disturb you, since I feel the uniform of the Army is like family, I would like to spend a few hours with you", said the old woman to the carabinieri on duty for the holidays. The officer who took the call reported the conversation to the company commander, Captain Marco Calò, who immediately sent a patrol of two men.
«The Army for me is family - explained the woman -: my father, born in 1889, was a major sergeant of the Carabinieri and seeing you and your uniform which was a fixed presence for me, I recall the joyful moments we experienced with my father in his long life : he died at the age of 80 in 1969."
«It was a pleasure as well as a great honor for us to have been called by the lady to wish her Christmas greetings and give her a few hours of company, thus alleviating her suffering - said Captain Marco Calò - I believe that our task is to keep watch over these fragile people who ask for company. From now on we will have special attention for the lady and we will try to take care of her despite the great work done by the family members who are still present. We learned from her story what the Army represents for her and from now on we will try to express some closeness to her and help her if she has any difficulties ."
There have been many gestures of solidarity and charity carried out by the provincial command. After dressing up as Santa Claus, the carabinieri brought gifts to the young patients in the pediatric department of San Francesco and also to the orphans of their deceased colleagues. They also did their utmost to raise funds to purchase two armchairs which they donated to alleviate the suffering of patients in the hospice of the Zonchello hospital in Nuoro. And there was no shortage of food collections for less well-off families and the "Friendship Tournament", the football match to raise funds to donate to the Pediatrics department of the Nuoro hospital.
(Unioneonline/D)
