The objective of these hours is only one: to save those who are still trapped under the rubble. To this end, immediately after the earthquake that hit central Italy on Wednesday night, well-stocked 30 canine units.
As always in these circumstances, the trained dogs of the Fire Department they are decisive in finding the survivors who still lie under what remains of their homes. But you have to hurry, because as the hours go by, the hopes of finding other survivors diminish.
In 2009, after the earthquake de L'Aquila, the last save took place 72 hours after the tragedy. Of course, every earthquake is different and there are no certainties, but if we rely on the experience of Abruzzo, in theory, there would be time until the night between Friday and Saturday to hope to extract people still alive from the ruins.
A Pescara del Tronto a 10-year-old girl who was trapped under the rubble for about 15 hours was rescued, while the little girl's sister didn't make it. Unfortunately, according to the testimony of two rescuers, dogs in this town no longer smell signs of life.
Instead, it seems that there are more possibilities to make new saves Amateur. Here – as reported to the Lapresse agency by Lorenzo Botti, national instructor of the dog-loving core of the Fire Brigade – several people are still buried under the rubble of the Hotel Roma, in the historic center of the town.
According to the mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, there were "30-32 people in the hotel and the Fire Brigade recovered four". In all, according to the mayor, the people missing in Amatrice would still be a hundred.
“880 Firefighters from all over Italy are at work – reads a note from the Ministry of the Interior –, 9 helicopters, 200 emergency vehicles, 50 earthmoving vehicles and 30 dog units of the Brigade are employed. In the places hit by the seismic event, 570 security operators are also operative, of which 320 in the Municipalities of Amatrice and Accumoli and 250 in the Municipality of Arquata del Tronto”.
