BERGAMO (ITALPRESS) – “I never thought that one day I should have told such a great pain, nor that I would have gone through such a deep test. And yet here I am, still alive. And I owe this to many of you. In a moment, a sudden and incomprehensible gesture broke the everyday life of the school, turning a morning like so many into a nightmare. Those pounded on my neck and my chest could have stopped my path forever. I know that even the scene was taken over by cell phone, it was dramatic as unreal. I do the same to remember it without trembling.” These are the words of Chiara Mocchi, the 57-year-old teacher stabbed by her third-media pupil, in Trescore, in Bergamo. In the hospital Pope John of Bergamo, through his lawyer Angelo Lino Murtas wrote an open letter, published by the online edition of Corriere della Sera. “But immediately, around me, a world of courage and humanity has moved. To colleagues who intervened without any hesitation, risking personally to save me – the professor continues – your cold blood and your strength have created a barrier between me and death. To the students who cried help, who cried, who were afraid and saw something that no one should see at thirteen years: know that I don’t carry anger or fear in the heart, but only desire to see you grow peaceful and protected.”.
“To the staff of the helixoccorso, who has blocked a devastating hemorrhage, which has struggled against time, which has returned me a stable beat with a long transfusion, while the lymph of life came out of my wounds: I will never forget your firm hands and your calm. To doctors, nurses, health professionals who welcomed me, treated and operated with a delicacy that goes beyond duty: you were family. To the forces of order and the authorities, present immediately, attentive, respectful, who put order in chaos and guaranteed security to all – says Mocchi -. To my brother Giampaolo, who trembled, prayed, watched beside me without ever losing hope. To lawyer Angelo Lino Murtas, who is accompanying me with sensitivity and competence on a path I never imagined to face. To parents, who write to me, who embrace me even if only from afar, who told their children the value of empathy and life. To anyone who is sending me messages, prayers, thoughts, even without knowing me: I felt them all coming, one by one, as threads that have sewn my soul. Today I am still weak, the voice is a breath, the body has deep wounds still fresh. But my spirit is alive. And this life is a gift that I will not waste.”.
“I know what happened has upset many of you. He generated fears, questions, maybe even disrespect. That’s why I tell you, don’t let us win from the dark. To my beloved pupils, do not stop, do not give up, study and prepare for your future without any fear, but only with courage. This wound must not become a wall, but a bridge – the teacher emphasizes -: towards a more attentive school, towards a more united community, towards a new way of being next to the boys, especially those who are more struggling, as perhaps what struck me that maybe deep inside will not even know why. How his parents won’t know. If the Lord will grant me, I will return. I’ll be back in class, between the benches, where I’ve always felt I belong. I will return to teach, to believe in young people, to accompany them in their difficult steps. Because despite everything, teaching remains my dream, my vocation, my greatest joy. To all of you, from the bottom of your heart: thank you. Thank you for saving me, sigh, thought, guarded. Thank you for giving me the strength to look forward, not back, and above all the dream of being able to do it again.”.
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