Alfredino - Il Silenzio Dell'amore -

, including the remarkably brave Angelo Licheri , were lowered upside-down into the narrow shaft in a desperate bid to reach him.

In June 1981, a small village near Rome became the epicenter of a tragedy that would forever change the Italian psyche. Six-year-old fell into an artesian well in Vermicino , beginning a 60-hour ordeal that captivated over 21 million television viewers in one of the first major "media circuses" of the modern age. Alfredino - Il silenzio dell'amore

Despite every effort, Alfredino slipped deeper into the well during the final rescue attempts and was declared dead on June 13. The "Silence of Love" and Its Legacy , including the remarkably brave Angelo Licheri ,

Alfredino – Il Silenzio dell’Amore: A Nation's Eternal Wound Despite every effort, Alfredino slipped deeper into the

stood vigil at the well's edge, offering a symbol of national solidarity to Alfredino’s parents, Franca and Ferdinando.