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TREVISO – He was at the foot of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo to observe the exercise, to observe his father in the gestures he loved the most, in his natural environment. Cristian, who will be 18 shortly, has witnessed the scene that will change his life after being an unwitting bystander to the accident that cost his father his life. Sergio French, 55 years nailed chosen by the Alpine Rescue of the financial police of Cortina d’Ampezzo. Sergio, born in Treviso, had moved to the Belluno area for years, pursuing his love for the mountains and the desire to help others in such a fascinating context as being able to not give even his dearest children a chance .
Murdered financier in front of his son
A tragedy that occurred before the astonished look of Cristian that Sergio had decided to take and who had stayed at the base of the Tre Cime. The Frenchman, in fact, was not there in an official capacity but as a volunteer on the ledge of the Pyramid of the Cima Grande, where the annual joint training between the Rescate Alpino y Espeleológico Veneto (Auronzo station) and that of the Guardia di Finanza. Shortly before noon he was about to board the airborne helicopter when one of the main rotor blades struck him in the head, making all desperate attempts to save him to no avail.
Who was father Sergio
Now everyone will have to try to make a square around Cristian, the beloved son who had done the season right at the Tre Cime refuge. “Sergio had gone to look for him on August 31 – his ex-wife still remembers him – and here at home we were planning the birthday and the gift to give. We wanted him to get his driver’s license, we were already planning the party. But now everything is broken. Sergio who never backed down: the first to go on a mission for the G8, in Tierra del Fuego, in L’Aquila and in Albania. Sergio who leaves behind the memory of a rare goodness, of an almost genetic altruism.
The death of elected officer Sergio Francese shocked all Sagf rescuers. Those who do it professionally and who know the limits of a mountain that can betray at any time. A possibility that, as long as it remains in a dark corner of the mind, is not taken into consideration. By midafternoon the Auronzo station is empty. Around 4 pm the jeeps arrive. They park in silence, full of thoughts and palpable helplessness. Then the soldiers come out. The look lost, but not lost. Beyond the inevitable shock, the faces betray a hint of anger. Nobody talks. A few hours later the carabinieri arrived.
Helicopter accident: the investigation
The Belluno Public Ministry has opened an information file, for now without suspects, to know the exact dynamics of what happened when, around 10 in the morning, the Ab 412 helicopter of the Fiamme Gialle di Bolzano transported the rescuers to the ledge to start the simulation. “I’m sad”. This is the burning comment of the provincial commander of the financial police Gaetano Giacchi. “Yesterday (Friday) the colonel told me that he had wished everyone who had turned up for the Three Peaks training good luck. Although it is called exercise is a true recovery, the rescuers are 170 meters tall. There must be a great understanding and everything must work perfectly, otherwise the operation disappears. Giacchi first met French in 2017 when he decided to leave forestry and try his hand at entering the Finance department. “He was a willing man and always available.” Then the thought ran to the other soldiers: “There is much agitation, I would like to be with them.”
Helicopter accident in Tre Cime: financier struck and killed by rotor during exercise
BELLUNO – Helicopter accident today, September 5, 2020 before noon, in the skies of Belluno, in the Tre Cime area: a financier – Sergio Francese, 55 – lost his life during a helicopter rescue exercise: he was hit by helicopter rotor.
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