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Turin pensioner loses leg to save grandkids in Nice

Gaetano Moscato's left leg amputated

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Turin, July 15 - A 71-year-old pensioner from the town of Chiaverano, near Turin, had his left leg amputated after he came to the rescue of his two grandchildren, aged 13 and 18, during yesterday's terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.
    Gaetano Moscato, who used to work for Olivetti, is reportedly being treated at a hospital in Nice.
    The gun-toting attacker, identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, plowed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day along the seafront promenade, killing at least 84 people including 10 children and teens.
   

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