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L’Aquila, January 25, 2021 – These are hours of anguish for all four disappeared in Monte Velino, in Abruzzo. Since yesterday there has been no news of three men and a woman: They had gone in the morning for a trip to the mountains and when the father of the little girl He did not see his daughter return and raised the alarm. The searches started immediately and continued all night and continue unabated, concentrated in a fairly limited area of Majelama Valley, but at more than 1,800 meters of altitude. But there is still no trace. It’s a race against time: the Alpine Rescue and Guardia di Finanza teams in action, hampered in operations by weather conditions and poor visibility (the area is shrouded in fog). For this reason, registrations were suspended in the afternoon and will resume tomorrow at 7:30 am.
Avalanche hypothesis
the last News they are not comforting. The latest dramatic hypothesis to break through the corridors is that an avalanche may have overwhelmed the four missing. This is confirmed by Fabio Manzocchi, director of the Cnsas station in Avezzano, recently interviewed by Il Messaggero on the social pages of the Abruzzo edition. “But we are working to find four people alive,” he adds. Traces of an avalanche were identified several hours ago, the weak hope is that it is an event that occurred previously. Both today and yesterday, the avalanche risk is at level 3, therefore it is considered considerable.
This morning the Finance AV169 helicopter detected a Phone signal in the area under the Bicchero hill. Previously, the screening of telephone cells had been given the green light, but it is thanks to the system “Imsi Catcher”, which allows you to locate telephones regardless of cells, it was possible to locate the signal. The instrumentation works within a range of several hundred meters. The vehicle has recently returned to Pratica di Mare due to prohibitive weather conditions.
Meanwhile, six men from the Alpine Rescue tried to reach the report site, reaching up to 1810 meters height per feet. But they are forced to return, again due to prohibitive weather conditions. Meanwhile, they come from Valle d’Aosta two canine units to support operations.
Who are the missing
They filter the names of the four scattered in the Velino. All four were big mountain enthusiasts. The eldest is Tonino During, a well-known merchant from Avezzano, 60 years old. Owner of a shop that sells knives near the Avezzano Town Hall. He is a mountain expert and a great lover of high altitude excursions.
Gian Mauro Frabotta, 33-year-old son of Mauro Frabotta, owner of the historian Frabotta meal in Avezzano. A great excursion enthusiast, a little over a year ago he was also in Nepal, to carry out the Imja Tse mission, at 6189 meters above sea level.
Then two young grooms: Valeria Nick, 25 years old from Avezzano, among the workers of the Teatro dei Marsi as Hostess of the Harmonia Novissima association and Gianmarco DegnI, 26, from Avezzano, known in the city for the sports equipment store run by the family.
Rescue in the Velino
In the field 11 men, two teams from Alpine Rescue and one from Fiamme Gialle who are skissing through the valley, located in the Avezzano area. An attempt is made to retrace the path of the disappeared, the four mountain lovers and expert hikers. The quality of the snow is not compact, the gusts of wind and the continuous changes in temperature in recent days have modified the morphological conditions of the area. Snow accumulations have been created that can result in stable terrain or false rock ridges. These are real traps that could lead to the consideration of practicable routes that, on the other hand, can put even the most experienced hiker in difficulties. Which is why even on-site crews can’t get that close to the inspection point.
An Air Force helicopter took off last night from the Pratica di Mare base to help rescuers. It is equipped with night goggles, can fly in the dark, and can be useful even in bad weather and poor visibility. With some Alpine Rescue technicians on board, he flew over the Majelama Valley area, checking all possible shelters: from shelters to bivouacs, to stazzi. There is no trace of the four missing. “Every effort is being used in the hope of finding the four missing as soon as possible,” said Abruzzo Governor Marco Marsilio in the early afternoon.
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