Genoa bridge collapse survivor becomes father

It was his strength, his salvation, his angel and now he will finally be able to hold him to himself.

Like any father who gets lost in the first hug with his son.

Pietro is the son of Gianluca Ardini, 29, Who survived the collapse of the Morandi bridge. The boy was born on Thursday at 11:59 pm at Evangelico di Voltri hospital, in the department led by the primary Rodolfo Sirito.

Ardini has repeatedly reminded that just the imminent arrival of his son, had given him the strength to resist hanging 20 meters high for four hours after the accident, between two concrete pillars, with the van destroyed and colleague Luigi Matti Altadonna unfortunately deceased.

The convalescence continues in the orthopedics department of the San Martino hospital. Ardini has a broken pelvis and has also suffered a disordered fracture of the shoulder, so it has not yet been discharged, but from today will have one more reason to accelerate with rehabilitation.