Deputy premiers Luigi Di Maio and
Matteo Salvini on Friday took part on in commemoration marking
the second anniversary of the Rigopiano avalanche disaster in
Abruzzo that claimed 29 lives.
Di Maio and Salvini spoke to relatives at the victims at the
ceremony, held at area of the disaster.
The avalanche hit the resort as 40 people, including guests
and staff, were inside, while the region was grappling with
extreme weather conditions and the hotel was engulfed by snow.
Some of the 29 victims were instantly crushed to death while
others who remained trapped died of hypothermia and
asphyxiation. Eleven people survived.
Rescuers reached the site several hours after the incident
and had to travel on foot because roads had been blocked by
heavy snow.
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