Rigopiano: sub Defense G. Alfano, heart all Italians under that pile of snow, armed forces maximum effort

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20/01/17

The heart of all Italians is beneath that ghostly snowdrift, seeing them come out alive one by one partially relieves us of the despondency in which we were plunged. Thus the Undersecretary of Defense Gioacchino Alfano and coordinator of the Popular Area-NCD in Campania, in a note.

The thought then goes to the rescuers and the GdF mountain rescue, in their legs that damn night was the strength of an entire country.

Certainly, once the emergency is over, it will be necessary to review some procedures, which were inadequate in extreme cases such as the one we had to face..

The commitment of the armed forces, from hour to hour, is becoming more and more massive, precisely by virtue of the emergency in the emergency, 3000 men mobilized and about a thousand mechanical means of various types made available. Suffice it to say that the Italian Army alone has so far intervened in sixteen municipalities in four different provinces with over two thousand two hundred units and six hundred vehicles employed. In addition, there are 400 carabinieri and special helicopters for SAR tasks of the Air Force in the affected areas, only this morning they made 14 leave in extremely difficult conditions, but also naval fusiliers of the San Marco.

Alfano concludes - we are in continuous contact with various local administrators and with our colleague, undersecretary Federica Chiavaroli.