Torre Annunziata: A woman's heart stops, 15 minutes to regain hope. 3 carabinieri take turns in a cardiac massage

The morning of the 3 February, in a Torre Annunziata shopping center.

A womens she is going to work. There are few people and many shopkeepers sit distractedly hidden by the cash registers, swiping their fingers on the display of their smartphones. The woman crosses the threshold of the pet store where she works, then her heart stops. He faints and falls lifeless.

A gazelle with 3 Carabinieri of the Radiomobile Section moves around the center when a passerby waves his arms, attracting their attention.

They listen to his story and run with him to reach the woman who has not yet regained consciousness. In the meantime they call 118. Before the ambulance arrives, 15 interminable minutes pass, spent taking turns giving her cardiac massage..

They do not stop, not even for a moment, hoping that he can be saved. One of the 3 has recently attended a first aid course, a life-saving practice in which the Carabinieri Legion "Campania" is investing enormous efforts.

Timid signs of cardiac activity rekindle hope. The paramedics arrive and take the woman directly to the operating room. She will remain in induced coma, in intensive care for many days.

The 118 team will explain to the Carabinieri that Without those 15 minutes of cardiac massage he wouldn't have made it. She is now well and, after 11 days, far from the hospital, the soldiers met her.

She couldn't hide her emotion and asked them to take a picture to remember those faces forever. All around her, like guardian angels.