The traditional Christmas lunch, organized in the family among the warmth and affection of relatives and friends, could have a tragic epilogue for a 80 year old from Cremona, hit by cardiac arrest in the afternoon.

Still at the table, the man suddenly collapsed into the chair without showing any signs of life. A Pinned in service at the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri of Cremona, present at the event, became suspicious when he noticed the unusual posture assumed by the elderly man and the fact that, suddenly, he was no longer participating in the conviviality of the moment.

After vain attempts to wake him up, the gravity of the situation became evident, throwing those present into despair. Without hesitation, the soldier immediately took action to provide the primo soccorso: he stretched out the old man, whose my pulse was no longer beating, and began to practice the cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers, managing to reactivate the 80-year-old's vital functions.

It also avoided possible suffocation for ingestion of vomit e twisting of the tongue, remaining at his side until the rescuers arrived. The medical staff stabilized the man, transporting him in red code to theCremona hospital, where he remained hospitalized but not in danger of life.

As often happens in interventions of this type, once he understood that he had saved the elderly man's life, the Constable had a emotional and physical breakdown due to the release of accumulated tension. The medical staff assisted him and complimented him on the lucidity and coolness demonstrated.

"This was and will remain the most beautiful Christmas of my life,” the soldier, still visibly moved, told his colleagues the next day. A heroic gesture that transformed a moment of fear into a Christmas to remember.