White sweatshirts, balloons of the same color released into the sky as the coffin was being carried out. The roar of engines, those of the dozens and dozens of scooters and motorcycles parked in front of the church of Nostra Signora delle Grazie.
Here Sestu, on a sad afternoon in March, says goodbye to Yuri Loi: the son of the Sesto community, all gathered in the afternoon, who lost his life on Sunday morning in a road accident in via Cagliari.
He crashed his motorbike into a Fiat Tipo: the impact left him no escape.
A tragedy that left the entire town in the Cagliari hinterland breathless. First the cancellation of the Carnival parade, which had been organized for that afternoon. Then the mourning.
And today the final farewell, in a church packed with a crowd of friends and peers, even simple acquaintances. In addition to the family destroyed by grief: the mother Graziella Dessì, the father Giancarlo Loi, the sister Rossella. And Yuri's girlfriend, Aurora Baldussi.
Celebrating the mass was Father Emanuele Meconcelli. After the rite, the coffin was carried out, accompanied by endless applause and the roar of exhaust pipes. Before the final journey to the cemetery.
