Two years have passed since that terrible accident on Via Peretti. The day Giorgia Paravagna's life, then 42 , changed forever. She was crossing the street at a pedestrian crossing on her way to the bus stop after work when a car suddenly hit her .
At that very same spot, two months earlier, fifteen-year-old Guan Xuanming had been hit and killed, an accident that Giorgia had witnessed first-hand .
The tragedy
"I don't remember anything from that moment," Giorgia says, thinking back to the accident. "I was already dead: I was resuscitated for about 40 minutes, then taken to the hospital, where I spent months in a medically induced coma, treatments, complications, and repeated hospitalizations."
The injuries were very serious, and two years later the bruises are still there, along with difficulty walking, heart problems, and neurological after-effects . Among the most difficult moments was "the first time I saw the wheelchair. I said to myself, 'It's not mine, it can't be real.'"
But today, "when they ask me how I'm doing, I always say 'fine.' I think of those who didn't make it. I think of Guan, who was hit in front of me, and of all the victims who weren't as lucky as I was . No more accidents, we shouldn't be afraid to cross the street."
Alessandra Ragas
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