A terrible pain, a town, Maracalagonis, shaken by news that arrived in the late afternoon. Gabriele Loi, 26 years old, graduated from the Monserrato hotel institute, drowned yesterday in the sea of Villasimius , had many friends.
The young man, in love with cooking, was assistant chef in a resort in Villasimius where his father Simone also worked.
The news of the tragedy at sea immediately reached the country where the boy lived with his family.
«As a mother and a woman – wrote the mayor Francesca Fadda on her Facebook profile – I find it impossible to find the words in cases like these. A piece of news that came to me from the media and then from parents in shock, a story that leaves me helpless in the face of pain, parents are torn apart . I cling to the family also on behalf of the whole country ».
Great sadness also in the tourist village and on the beach of Is Traias , where dramatic moments have been experienced. Some German tourists saw the young man near the rocks, reached Gabriele and took him to the beach while the alarm was sounded. The help was useless, a helicopter and a medical unit of the 118 arrived.
The Carabinieri of the station and of the San Vito mobile unit deal with the matter. Perhaps Gabriele got his leg stuck in the rocks and was unable to re-emerge .