He fell from three meters high, while replacing a light bulb in the church of the Madonna del Rosario, in front of his eyes two paintings of the Via Crucis, on the sides the effigies of Padre Pio and Pope John XXIII, before impacting the ground with his face, the arms and the led that he should have screwed. Almost unharmed. “By grace received” is the expression that recurs among those present at the post-flight given the conditions of Sebastiano Cabras, a 68-year-old retiree, who was at most “a bit pesto” from the flight as his acquaintances report. Immediately rescued by 118 and by municipal police officers, the pensioner ended up in the emergency room but still conscious, perhaps with the thought of the treacherous wooden staircase broken in two by the crash.
Volunteers
A tragedy touched on yesterday morning in the church of the historic center. "We told him not to go up that ladder - says another faithful - there are steel ones". But the man, a former electrician, climbs all the same while his friends - a group of volunteers who have been taking care of the Rosary for two years - pack in the sacristy the gifts for fifty in need in the upcoming Easter. «Pasta, oil, coffee, pasta and more - reveals a woman - given away by a benefactress of the area». Then the crash, the aid and the arrival of the Spresal to investigate the incident which, unwittingly, gives light back to one of the most important sacred buildings in the Sassari area, since 2020 without a permanent priest, and open to the public only thanks to the will of four good Samaritans. "Many thank us - says one of them - we do it because it is our duty". And many are also those who, during the pandemic, filled the statues of Christ in the church with ex-votos - hearts, rosaries, crucifixes - to express gratitude as perhaps the unfortunate and miraculous man who fell yesterday will do.
Emanuele Floris
