A wonderful news. Which will please all Sardinians and beyond. Fabio Piu , the 34-year-old from Sassari who was treacherously stabbed on the night of August 13 at Marinella beach in Porto Rotondo, is much better, he stands up and is even starting to walk again . Even if helped by the barriers.

He has been at the San Giorgio hospital in Ferrara for 3 weeks, in a highly specialized facility. Transferred from the Marino hospital in Cagliari. The miracle is happening in Ferrara. Obtained from Fabio's iron determination and from the rehabilitation treatments of the Emilian hospital, at the forefront of the world. He is delighted. Reached on the phone he is almost moved. He knows he has the Sardinians on his side . "I almost can't believe it," he explains. I'm on my feet, struggling but I'm on my feet, after all these months in bed . I have never lost hope and will to fight. Even when all seemed lost. I've made great strides since I moved to Ferrara. In the early days, between the barriers, I had a harness holding me up, but now they've taken it off. I already move my legs quite well. And for me it is heaven. I do 6 hours of rehabilitation a day - he continues -. When I get back to my room I'm tired but happy. And I can't wait to start over."

Fabio's battle will still be long. But now there is light at the end of the tunnel. " I thank all the doctors and staff who have treated me so far - he specifies -. Starting from the Neurosurgery department of Sassari, where I was operated on and which gave me first aid. But even the staff at the Cagliari hospital never made me feel alone. I also thank all the Sardinians and dear friends who have encouraged me to go forward in recent months. Even when it seemed there was no hope. Now I know I can win the battle .'

Fabio Piu, a former boxer and doorman, had been stabbed in the back and spine , while trying to break up a fight, by the Roman rapper Elia from Genoa, known as Elia 17 Baby . His condition had appeared desperate. The doctors of Sassari had saved his life but there were very few chances for the young man to recover the use of his limbs . Luckily that's not how it goes. His stabber is instead locked up in the Sassari prison of Bancali on charges of attempted murder . Placed among the ordinary prisoners, he would have noticed the climate of great hostility towards him, especially on the part of the Sardinians. He would therefore have requested and obtained solitary confinement for fear of his own safety.

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