(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 18 - "Exactly one year ago this photograph, taken from a balcony in Bergamo, spread rapidly throughout the world, becoming the tragic icon of our national mourning. The military trucks that transported hundreds of coffins of the victims of first, the great wave of Covid-19, forced us to measure ourselves with a wound destined to open an endless gash of pain in our national community ".
The former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte writes on Facebook.
"Those were terrible days. The great sense of responsibility and the need to remain lucid and reactive gave us the strength to face this great collective suffering. The citizens' adherence to the unitary impulse to protect the most vulnerable has allowed us not to be overwhelmed in the hardest moment of our most recent history, "he adds.
"Today is the National Day dedicated to the alleviation of this pandemic. The memory takes us back to those days when we all became fully aware that the greeting of our citizens, even the most elderly and vulnerable, would be the supreme value to defend, the figure of our civilization It was then that we were persuaded that personal sacrifices, large or small they would be, collective solidarity, shared responsibility would be our categorical imperatives. The memory of so many broken lives, the pain for so many lost affections must now transmit the strength to overcome this challenge. . We have shown that we are a great community in the days of pain. We will prove that we are also in the days of hope and redemption. We are waiting for them soon, "he concludes.
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