Vermicino, the tragedy of Alfredino Rampi 40 years ago

Vermicino, 40 years ago the tragedy of Alfredino Rampi, the child who died after falling into an 80 meter deep artesian well. It was June 13, 1981: the hopes of 21 million Italians, who for three days had been following the attempts to recover the child live on Rai in unified networks, died together with Alfredino, who fell into an artesian well 80 meters deep and wide. only 30 centimeters. In the countryside of Vermicino, near Frascati, also the President of the Republic, Sandro Pertini had gone in the hope of being able to see, like millions of Italians, the child come out alive from that cursed hole. Forty years after the tragic epilogue of a story that made clear the helplessness of the rescues, despite the technical means and the great heart of the volunteers, Rai – which on that occasion experienced an unprecedented, infinite live broadcast on the three networks – proposes a series of editorial initiatives starting from the information that was the protagonist and witness.