A dramatic odyssey that goes beyond life. Two weeks after the shipwreck that occurred 120 miles off the Ionian coast of Reggio, the migrants, even lifeless, continue their pilgrimage. One of the dozens of bodies recovered – the official total number of 36released after a series of fragmentary information from the authorities, already questioned by another bulletin that remained confidential between the Coast Guard and Ministries but broadcast by Radio Radicale which speaks of 41 recovered bodies – arrived in Reggio Calabria yesterday evening.
She was received at the morgue of the Morelli del Gom complex. She is a woman who was in an advanced stage of pregnancy when he embarked on that final sea voyage which she and the life she carried in her womb would not survive.
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by Ilario Balì
The Syrian brother-in-law, who came from England, followed the body here to be able to perform the identification. It seems there were three women in traveling during advanced pregnancy. Therefore it would have been necessary to identify other elements.
The recognition, however, was not successful. The condition of the body, due to the two weeks that have already passed since the tragedy and also the unspecified permanence of the same body in the water immediately after the shipwreck, did not allow the man to be certain that it could be the brother’s wife. Given the lack of direct kinship, not even the path of recognition via DNA will be viable. The torment within the torment. The man had with him today a photo of his brother’s family. The latter was traveling from Syria with his pregnant wife and his children, all of whom were missing at the moment. The fragmented nature of the information provided on this shipwreck is affecting not only the rescue efforts but also the management of the bodies. Continue reading on IlReggino.it
