“Massimo Piermarini was among the last to reach his grandchildren’s home in the small mountain town of Arquata del Tronto after the earthquake hit, early Wednesday morning.
“”They didn’t want me to go because it was too dangerous, but I said I didn’t care, I had to go looking for them,” he told Italian media.
“”But unfortunately for the little girl there was nothing I could do.”
“His granddaughter Marisol Piermarini, 18 months old, had died in the night as the house collapsed on her.
“The girl’s mother, Martina, had moved to the area after surviving the deadly 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila.
“This is just one of scores of tragedies emerging from the rubble of picturesque, centuries-old villages nestled in the Apennine mountains.”
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