Tragedy averted in Bobbio, Piacenza province. A Carabiniere rescued a 20-year-old boy who had jumped from a roof about 20 feet high, cushioning his fall by shielding him with his own body. The protagonist of this story with a happy ending was Marshal Gabriele Renna. The boy has mental problems and was visibly impaired by alcohol. "I saw him slip and it was instinctive," the military man commented. The young man was taken by helicopter to Parma's Maggiore Hospital with several injuries but is not life-threatening, while the noncommissioned officer was reportedly not injured.
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