{"id":10306,"date":"2015-10-27T14:04:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=10306"},"modified":"2015-10-27T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:04:31","slug":"carmelas-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/carmelas-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmela’s Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is Chapter 4 of Carmela’s Story. You can find the previous chapters by clicking on the links below<\/span><\/p>\n

Carmela’s Story – Chapter 1<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carmela’s Story – Chapter 2<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carmela’s Story – Chapter 3<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carmela picked up the faded newspaper clipping that had slipped out of her libretto and nestled it amongst a small collection of photos, letters, and other memoirs held together by an elastic band. She had no need to look at it, she new the contents off by heart, but its presence served to remind her that her nightmare had its origins in reality.
\nEverything is temporary, no matter how secure we believe ourselves to be, no matter how tight we may hold on \u2026. things, people, can be taken from us, everything can change in an instant, never to be the same again.<\/p>\n

\"001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gazzetta della Garfagnana 17 Ottobre 1998<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Valico di Sotto, incendio in casa: muoiono tre persone. Salvata una ragazza di 11 anni.<\/strong>
\nValico di Sotto, house fire, three dead. 11 year old girl rescued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le vittime, Antonio Santini (47 anni), Maria Carmela de Rossi (41), e Alda Gentiloni (78) sono morti nella loro casa a causa di un incendio divampato nella notte. Le fiamme sono scaturite poco dopo le 3 in un casolare vicino al paese.<\/strong>
\nThe victims, Antonio Santini (47 years old), Maria Carmela de Rossi (41), e Alda Gentiloni (78) died in their home due to a fire that broke out during the night. The flames rose up just after 3 a.m. in a farmhouse near the village.<\/span><\/p>\n

E’ ancora da verificare se si \u00e8 trattato di una fiamma libera o di un cortocircuito. Di sicuro c’\u00e8 che quella casa di Valico di Sotto, nei pressi di Lucca, \u00e8 diventata un inferno, provocando la morte per asfissia di un uomo di 47 anni, padre di due figli, sua moglie di 41 anni e la 78enne madre di quest’ultima. L’unica superstite \u00e8 stata la figlia che ha tentato invano di uscire dal rogo ma \u00e8 stata salvata alla fine da un vicino di casa e i suoi due figli. Il vicino Roberto Zerbini (56) \u00e8 riuscito a salire su una scala a pioli e afferrare la ragazza, Carmela Santini (11), dalla finestra della sua camera da letto al secondo piano<\/strong>.
\nIt hasn\u2019t yet been verified if it was caused by a naked flame or a short circuit. What is certain however is that the house in Vallico di Sotto near Lucca became an inferno, causing the death by asphyxiation of a 47 year old father of 2, his 41 year old wife and her 78 year old mother. The only survivor was the daughter, who tried in vain to get out of the blaze, but was finally rescued by a neighbour and his two sons. The neighbour, Roberto Zerbini (56) managed to climb up a ladder and grab the girl, Carmela Santini (11), from her bedroom window on the second floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

La polizia sta provando a contattare il fratello della ragazza, Federico Santini (22) che \u00e8 attualmente dislocato all\u2019estero con le forze speciali italiane.<\/strong>
\nThe police are trying to contact the girl\u2019s brother, Federico Santini (22) who is presently on deployment abroad with the Italian special forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Carmela knew the real story\u00a0behind this rather empty and anonymous news article. Sooner or later it had been bound to happen, but who had listened then, and what difference would it make now anyway. What had happened had happened: \u201csono stanca \u2026 stanca di viaggiare, di stare in pensioni low-cost, di mangiare nelle pizzerie e i bar \u2026 \u00e8 ora che torni a casa e che finisca il mio lavoro, quello di creare l\u2019unico posto dove posso proprio\u00a0riposarmi\u201d<\/strong> she told herself, \u201cquindi, domani ritiro i soldi, faccio l\u2019ultimo acquisto, mi compro\u00a0il biglietto … e poi me ne vado a casa.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Here is Chapter 4 of Carmela’s Story. You can find the previous chapters by clicking on the links below Carmela’s Story – Chapter 1 Carmela’s Story – Chapter 2 Carmela’s Story – Chapter 3 Carmela picked up the faded newspaper clipping that had slipped out of her libretto and nestled it amongst a small collection…<\/p>\n

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