Quake: mother visits daughter's casket (2)

(ANSA) - Ascoli Piceno, August 26 - The mother of nine-year-old Giulia, who died in the rubble in the devastating August 24 earthquake in Pescara del Tronto, was brought from hospital on a stretcher to visit her daughter's casket in a gym in Ascoli on Friday, where the caskets of the quake victims have been arranged.
    Putting her face close to a photo of her daughter on the casket, the mother said, "Ciao, mamma loves you a lot".
    Giulia's younger sister, 5-year-old Giorgia, was pulled alive from the rubble by a firefighter.
    The mother was being helped by relatives and was brought back to the hospital after a few minutes.