There are 24 dead in this earthquake in Emilia, 24 people, men and women, who are "submerged" in this sad story. In every tragedy the true protagonist is the victim, the one who pays the highest price. Yet it is the first to be forgotten: in the chronicle of crimes that we see on TV we learn to know the perpetrators much better than those who are no longer there. It's the harsh law of life, always looking ahead, following an arrow that moves in only one direction.
For once, however, we want to turn around. Our newspaper deals with the economy and in this diary we have tried to talk above all about this aspect even in the earthquake, we never named each of these people. Even for us then The time has come to compensate a little for the memory of those who are no longer with us.
Many were workers, often immigrants from abroad or from the south, good people, with a fixed income, a family, a great sense of work. The healthiest part of Italy, the one that usually doesn't get in the newspaper, because she is not involved in millionaire scandals. Unfortunately her death, this time, has placed her icy hand right on them. Seven disappeared in the earthquake of 20 May, 17 in that of 29 May.
20 May 2012
Nicholas Cavicchi, The 35-year-old electrical engineer worked the night shift in the single-fired department of Sant'Agostino Ceramiche in the province of Ferrara when the roof of the shed collapsed with the strong quake at 4 in the morning. He had decided to replace a sick colleague, a great lover of the sea and football, he was trying to scrape together some money to set up a house. His colleague lost his life with him
Leonardo Ansaloni, 51 years old, originally from Bondeno, married with two children, worker in blast furnaces, a "cook" for floor slabs. He was surprised by the collapse of the roof while trying to escape with his colleague Nicola Cavicchi.
Gerard Cesaro, 55 years old, Neapolitan origin, worked at Tecopress in Dosso (Fe), a continuous cycle factory of sheet metal for machines. When the quake hit, long before the sun rose, he was moving metal sheets with a forklift and didn't have time to get to safety.
Tarik Naouch 29 years old, from Beni Mella, Moroccan, on the 20th, at 4 in the morning, he was on duty at the Ursa in Bondeno. As soon as the quake began, he left the company, then returned perhaps "to shut off the gas" said his comrades. Mohamed Azaar's cousin, who also died ten days later, due to the earthquake of May 29, had come to live in Emilia for work with his parents in 94 and had recently applied for citizenship. He had a beautiful head of black curls and wanted to marry his fiancée (or bring his young bride here, it's not clear) who lives in Morocco and who will turn 18 in June.
Nevina Balboni, 102 years old, maybe she didn't imagine that after having seen so many it would be the earthquake to take her away. She lost her life in the collapse of her country house in Sant'Agostino,
Gabi Ehsemann, a citizen of German origin felt ill near Bologna, in the minutes immediately following the strong shock.
Anna Fir, 86 years old from Vigarano Mainarda, in the Ferrara area, had a stroke linked to the fright and died after hospitalization.
29 May 2012
Gianni Bignardi, engineer from Mirandola, he was 62 years old; he was overwhelmed by the collapse of the shed of the metalworking company Meta, in San Felice sul Panaro, while he was carrying out an inspection to check the usability of the building. Anyone who wants to know him better can go to the internet, where there is a post-earthquake interview from the 20th. Bignardi, with a red helmet over his gray hair, makes a sadly prophetic statement: "The sheds - he says - are the structures at risk, because the beams have more limited support. With a strong shock everything can collapse”.
Kumar Pawan, 31 years old, worker, also died at Meta, on May 29, two children, one eight months old. Kumar was a Pujab Indian from the Sikh community and his companions, with beautiful colored turbans on their heads. they raised a bit of controversy: “he was at work because he couldn't do otherwise and they had assured him that everything was in order”.
Mohamad Azaar, 46 years old and two children, Moroccan, foreman, lost his life with Bignardi and Pawan in the collapse of the Meta warehouse. Mohamad was well known to the local Moroccan community as he was in charge of the Islamic centre.
Aeneas Grilli, entrepreneur, 66 years old, was overwhelmed in the company where he was a partner, the Bbg of Mirandola, together with Vincenzo Iacono, a 39-year-old worker and Eddy Borghi, a tile installer, who was repairing the floor. The group was caught in the earthquake while trying to restart the company. The doors were open to have an easier escape route, but it wasn't enough. Borghi, 40, was well known in the area both as a player and as a coach in amateur football. Iacono leaves behind two little girls
Mario Mantovani, 64 years old, entrepreneur, died on May 29 in his warehouse at Aries Biomedicale in Mirandola. A few days earlier he had told Il Sole 24 ore: "In the last three days I have done nothing but run from one part of the Bassa to the other to find a free and standing shed, here between Mirandola and Medolla it used to be full of leaseholds, now instead everyone wants to sell. I also went to Poggio Rusco in the province of Mantua, but what will happen if many change location?”.
Zhou Hong Li, of whom very little is known, is the Chinese man found under the rubble of his house which collapsed in Mirandola on 29 May. He is one of the 4 victims (out of 17) of that Black Tuesday, who will have a funeral in the next few days. The Modenese prosecutor's office has in fact given the go-ahead, believing that there is nothing else to ascertain.
The same goes for Sergio Cobellini, Ivan Martini and Enzo Borghi.
Sergio Cobellini, 68 years old, retired, former carpenter, met the blind fury of the earthquake as he was leaving a bank in Concordia (Mo) and a chimney fell on his head.
Ivan Martini, 65 years old, he was the parish priest of Rovereto, who died while trying to save a statuette of the Madonna in the church of Santa Caterina, dear to all the faithful. He was hit by a large unsafe stone, under the eyes of the firefighters who were accompanying him. Engaged in social work, he appears on the internet in various videos.
Enzo Borghi, 78, who died while checking the damage to his home in Cavezzo. Also from Cavezzo are two other victims at work:
VAT Contini, 56, worked at the Oece paint factory;
e Daniela Salvioli, 42 years old, accountant in the Malavasi furniture factory.
Cavezzo is one of the villages most affected by the earthquake: 75% of its buildings are damaged.
Paolo Siclari, he would have turned 37 on May 30, but he died in the collapse of Heamotronic in Medolla. Of Messina origins, he had moved to the north for work in 2001. He leaves behind his wife and two small children. With him, they lost their lives in the Medolla biomedical company Giordano Visconti, 33 years old, Biagio Santucci aged 24, e Matteo Serra, 40 years. «He had returned to the factory so as not to lose his job, he had a fixed-term contract, he had moved north from Naples with his family to be able to work» Visconti's cousins recounted.
