CATANIA – In the early afternoon a few days ago, a seven-year-old boy has become estranged from his parents, getting lost. The mother immediately called 112, the emergency number of the Carabinieri Operations Centre, claiming that her son had wandered away in a moment of distraction. Indeed, the child would be came out from inside a well-known restaurant in Piazza Alcalàprobably moving in the area between the Arches of the Marina and Piazza Plebiscito.
The search to find the missing child
After receiving the reportthe Center immediately took action to issue the research as soon as possible, concentrating all the car radios, motorcycle-mounted patrols and mounted police in the reference area.
In a few minutes they were searched the street corners and the various shops near the site of the removal, while colleagues from the “Horse Regiment” patrolled Piazza Duomotaking advantage of the favorable position, to try to see and identify the child from above among the crowd of people.
In the meantime, the Operations Center continued to provide indications regarding the sectors on which to direct the research.
Reporting and hugging with parents
A few moments later the 112 call came, which has reported the presence of a childThat disorientated, he was walking between via Plebiscito and via Garibaldi. The intervention of a Gazelle was sudden, she reached the site of the sighting, thus recovering the child, about a kilometer away from Piazza Alcalà.
Therefore, the police promptly gave the news of the discovery to the parents, who after about half an hour they were finally able to hug their son again.
Before greeting the police, the little boy asked to take a photo with them. The family members were moved thanked the Carabinieri, congratulating them for the timely and unfailing closeness shown to citizens in times of difficulty.
