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He felt lonely and wanted to toast someone at Christmas: a 94-year-old man dialed the emergency number in Alto Reno Terme, not far from the Italian city of Bologna, because he felt lonely.
“I’m fine. The only thing missing is a person with whom I can toast Christmas,” said the retiree when he called the Carabinieri police.
“If I had an officer who could come see me for ten minutes,” he asked. His children are away and he feels depressed.
In fact, the Carabinieri came to see him a little later. The three clinked glasses with the man at Christmas, as one photo shows. According to Carabinieri, he shared anecdotes about his experiences during World War II and made a video call with the officers to his relatives.
Due to the corona pandemic, strict travel and departure restrictions apply in Italy during Christmas and New Years until the beginning of January. Before the holidays, Pope Francis had reminded everyone to think of the sick and lonely at Christmas. (aeg / sda / dpa)
