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MEET THE 98-YEAR-OLD QUAKE SURVIVOR WHO KNITTED TO STAY ALIVE
Maria D’Antuono knitted to stay alive in the rubble
Wednesday April 8,2009
By Nikki Barr for express.co.uk
A 98-year-old woman who survived the L’Aquila earthquake in Italy managed to stay alive in the rubble by knitting.
Maria D’Antuono told rescue workers she spent the 30 hours she was trapped knitting to keep herself busy. Ms D’Antuono was buried under her bed when her stone home collapsed during the quake in the village of Tempera. But she was determind to stay alive and told reporters she spent the hours “doing crochet”. Officials said she was in a good condition. The happy news comes as the death toll for the quake reached a staggering 260. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the dead included 16 children, while nine bodies still had to be identified.Berlusconi said that L’Aquila Bishop Giuseppe Molinari would hold a funeral service for the victims on Friday.
She spent 30 hours trapped beneath her collapsed home
Officials say 28,000 people have been left homeless by the quake that struck Monday.
1 comment:
Did you read the Yarn Harlot's blog today? She said she wants to see a dinner with three people: Sully Whatshisname, the pilot of that plane that landed on the Hudson River; the captain who was held hostage by the Somali pirates; and the knitting earthquake survivor grandma. They could eat together and then have a "brave-out".
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