PALERMO – It ended with a happy ending the story of a little boy from Catanzaro who had escaped by train to Ballarò (Palermo). Maximum, 14 yearswas found by volunteers of theSbaratto associationoperating in the popular market, which are stumbled upon the young man by chance.
The randomness of an encounter
“Sorry, I’m looking for a B&B to stay in” this is what the boy would have said to the volunteers who he met by chance in via Nino Martoglioyes. I am immediately became suspicious of the situation.
“It was clear he was a minor – tells Cetti Sauro, vice president of the associationAnd – I asked him where he came from, first he replied Milan, then Rome but it was clear that he was from Southern Italy, he had two bags in his hand“.
The boy, showing nervousness, repeated that he was looking for accommodation and it was recommended that they not call the police. “At that point we almost surrounded him to prevent him from leaving but to reassure him“, says Giovanni Giordano.
Massimo then confided in himself and he said he came from Catanzaro and to be fled from home arriving in Palermo by train. “We convinced him to call his mother to reassure her – says Cetti Sauro – His phone was off, he turned it on and made the call. Then I myself spoke to the ladyto reassure her by telling her that her son was in good hands“.
The intervention of the police
To call the police then it was one of the volunteers. Officers who arrived on site reassured the boy and took him to the barracks. “Congratulations for the gesture you made“, the soldiers said to the four before letting the boy get into the car.
The whole world is family
“Ballarò is not as it is often said. There are a lot of good people here, we support each other. We are happy to have helped the boy and his family” so concluded Cetti Sauro, after a gesture as casual as it was noble which gave a second chance to a boy with a life still ahead of him.
