An 88-year-old woman survived four days alonedrinking water from puddles and covering itself at night with vegetation, in a forest near the Forcora pass, in the province of Varese, in northern Italy.
Giuseppina Bardelli, 88, disappeared on August 21 while looking for mushrooms in a forest with one of her sons, from whom she was separated for a few minutes. The woman became dizzy and fell, breaking some ribs.which caused him to become disoriented in the mountains, local media reported on Tuesday.
The alarm was immediately raised and firefighters and civil protection volunteers began their search with the help of helicopters and drones, but no one managed to find her until this Sunday, four days after her disappearance.
Bardelli, originally from the province of Varese, He managed to survive because he knew the terrain very well.since from a very young age he frequented the mountains and traveled with the Italian Alpine Club (CAI).
To survive, she explained after being rescued in good condition, drank water from the puddles and at night he covered himself with vegetation to fight the cold and assured that praying a rosary that he carried with him helped him.
He also approached her several times. a fox during the nights with whom the woman “started talking”“, one of his sons assured the press.
“I’ve made a mess,” said the woman upon being reunited with her children after being rescued when she heard the voices of the search team and was able to call for help.
Bardelli is in hospital with several broken ribs, One of them slightly punctured his lung.but in good condition.
“I want to give my greatest thanks to all the people, including the neighbours, who were close to us and helped us,” his son Roberto told the media.
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