PESCARA. «When it was Marina And Ludovica, I said a phrase that today sounds almost banal to me. I said “I hope that Ludovica and Marina’s sacrifice can serve as a warning”. But these things keep happening.” Francesco Angrilli in May six years ago she experienced a torment similar to that of Montesilvano, losing her sister Marina, killed by her husband Fausto Filippone and then his granddaughter Ludovica, 10 years old, whom Fausto, the father, dragged down with him from the Francavilla viaduct shortly after the murder, despite all attempts to dissuade him. A live national tragedy that has remained in the memory of many, and which the former head of the Lymphoma Center of the hematology department of Pescara has to live with on a daily basis.
Accustomed by training and profession to reflect and reason about things, he does not go into the merits of what happened in Montesilvano, with the mother who in her desperate gesture also took her ten-year-old daughter under the train, but makes a more detailed analysis. wide. «What we perceive is that the system that protects children and families where there is someone who is ill is inadequate. Mental distress, and I am speaking in general, is increasingly widespread and is a social problem. I think of this woman’s husband, he will have done everything possible to support her, but compared to the magnitude of the problem he would have needed more timely help from the outside. And this is because, on a cultural level with respect to the problem, we are still behind. Maybe we should all make a cultural leap to understand that in certain cases the child comes first. Removing him from certain situations should be seen as a protection, not as something negative.” Even if often, as he himself says, the signs of malaise are not evident.
«For Marina and Ludovica, the husband had shown no signs. None of us sensed anything, nor did we ignore signs that would make us understand that my sister and the little girl were in danger. With hindsight, if you do the math, you start to reread certain words and then also the phrase that my brother-in-law said to me on Friday, regarding a bottle of liquor, “I have to give it to you now otherwise I won’t give it to you anymore ” may mean that he already knew what he would do on Sunday. Or not”. But hindsight leaves Angrilli aside, who has chosen the path of love and thanks anyone who continues to remember his sister, 51 years old at the time, a teacher at da Vinci and his beloved niece. «Just recently we awarded a scholarship in Marina’s name. The Acleo association of active and retired teachers contacted us, saying that they wanted to name 3 scholarships after Marina for children who have distinguished themselves for their commitment and with an eye on those in need. We were very happy and I still thank them.” (sdl)
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