It is still not clear how many victims the recent earthquake which hit the Italian city of L’Aqulia and the surrounding area in Abruzzo will claim, however some of the comments left on another of my posts on this tragedy left me thinking that a list of the deceased might be useful.
UPDATE: MISSING PERSONS CONTACT NUMBER ADDED
Such a list might help those with relations, or friends, in the earthquake hit area to understand whether relatives, friends, and others they know are safe and sound. In the sad event that a familiar name is found on this list, then appropriate condolences, offers of support and help may well be appreciated by the families of those concerned.
So far, some 260 lives have been lost, and this figure does not include the lives of illegal immigrants who may have been caught up in the disaster. The names of some of those who lost their lives may never be known.
UPDATE: link to updated list of the deceased added 10 April 2009.
Il Centro – List of the Victims
The list is dated 8th April, 2009, and has been published by Il Centro, an online news site covering events in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The site falls within the noted L’Espresso Italian publishing group, so the information should be reliable, and the list has been compiled on the basis of information supplied by Italy’s civil protection organisation, the Protezione civile.
I apologise in advance for any distress this list causes, but I believe that the information may put a few minds at rest.
The list of the victims of the Abruzzo earthquake is available here on the Il Centro web site: Le vittime, ecco l’elenco parziale – A partial list of the victims.
UPDATE 10 April 2009 Here is a more definitive list. If you look for the words ‘ordina per’, you can order the list by clicking on the Italian expressions shown top left hand corner. Transaltions of the Italian expressions are provided below:
Ordina Per – Order by:
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comune/frazione – Council Area | sesso – gender | nazione – natione | data di nascita – date of birth
Here is the the more recent list: Il Centro – Le vittime del terremoto – Il Centro – Earthquake Victims
It is with a great deal of sadness that I publish this information, and my heart goes out to all those affected by this crisis.
Contact Number – Trying to Find Friends Relatives
If you are trying to find out if friends and relatives are OK, and you speak Italian, you could try calling, or asking an Italian speaker, to call: 800 32 41 71 - it is not clear if this number will work from outside Italy as it is an ’800′ number – the international dialling code for Italy is 0039. If you leave a comment, I can try calling. I have already done so, by mobile phone, and I left the names, and an address of the people for which I was trying to find information, and I left a contact number. At first I did not get through, so try calling back a few times.
The nice gentleman on the other end of the line told me that someone would call me back, although in view of the volume of requests they are receiving, he, understandably, did not know when. Could be a number of days, I was told.
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I would like to know if the town of Celano or Ovindolli was affected by the earthquake. I live in the United States but we have family in the area. If anyone has information please e-mail me at (email address removed to prevent spam – Alex Roe)
Thank you
Roberta Piccone
Email sent, Roberta.
Regards,
Alex
Thank you very much for publishing this list. We have friends who were visiting in the area, and have been trying to find out any information we can on them. Their name is not on the list, so hopefully they are OK.
Thank you again for the information.
Glad it helped a little, Ken.
I do hope you manage to contact your friends soon, and that they are OK.
All the best,
Alex
We are trying to locate our cousins who live in L’Aquila. Hoping that they are safe.
If anyone knows Maria and Gino Ciciotta or Emilio and Patricia Ciciotti. Maria and Gino live on Castiglione and Emilio and Patricia live at Francia. Please let us know if they are ok. We have been trying to call them. Virginia, Rita and John Cipollone are very worried about them. We send our love. God Bless.
Please correct the name spelling of my previous blog. The cousins that we are searching for are Gino and Maria Ciciotti. Also, Emilio and Patricia Ciciotti. We are very worried about their safety. Please have them contact Virginia, Rita or John Cipollone.
God Bless L’Aquila and all affected by the earthquake..
Dear Diana,
Spelling corrected. I do hope someone reading your plea can provide you with information on your cousins.
Fingers crossed.
Kind regards,
Alex
Dear Alex,
I received an e-mail from our relatives in Avezzano today. They were on the outskirts of L’Aquila, ( about 45 km) and luckily have avoided any damage. But they are very sad about the loss of the historical buildings and the terrified locals that are living in their cars, campers and tents.
They had received a letter from us and we included our e-mail. It was so good to hear from them. The schools are still closed, they have to be inspected before things get back to normal. Thank-you for your concern. I hope all have been able to contact their loved ones also. God Bless all in L’Aquila.
Diana
Ciao Alex. Thanks for info & list. When do you think the list will be updated? Only 183 names appear. My father, who grew up in L’Aquila, has friends there and we can’t get hold of them. 2 brothers: Vittorio & Angelo Prato. The 800… number seems to be a number only to be used in Italy. It doesn’t help to dial 0039 in front. Condolences to everyone who lost friends & relatives. Heartbreaking. Human tragedy. On my first trip to Italy in ’07, I never visited L’Aquila and now will NEVER see it the way it was meant to look. It makes me terribly SAD. I was looking forward to visit this historic town WITH my dad. In fact we would have been there NOW if it wasn’t for the bad economy. Shows you….sometimes there’s a reason why things don’t turn out the way you’ve planned. SCARY THOUGHT… and grateful to be safely @ home. Kind regards. Patrizia. South Africa.
Ciao Patrizia,
Just to let you know that I have just added a link to a more recent list of the victims of the Abruzzo earthquake.
Please see the main post above for the new link.
I suspected that the telephone number provided might not work from outside of Italy – thanks for confirming this. If anyone has the international version – do let us know.
Kindest regards,
Alex
Hi Alex. Thanks again. Names of my dad’s friends still not on list. Very grateful. We’ll try the following number today: 0039 06 682 03229. According to Consulate in Johannesburg the Department of “Protezione Civile” has provided this number to contact for all relatives living outside Italy. Hope this will help. For the sake of interest: Where do you live? I had a look @ a timeline of quakes in Italy – quite scary. Not really bound to just ONE area. It has happened in quite a few areas. Regards. Patrizia
Hi I am looking for my mothers cousin and family who live L’Aquilla in San Demetrio Nei Vestini. Her name is Angelina Rosano and Son’s Andrea and Tony Rosano. Family in Southern Italy have contacted verious individuals with no luck.. any information that you may provide me with would be greatly appreciated, as we are very worried at this point. I reside in Canada and unfortunately do not know where to begin in the search for these family memebers. Even if you could provide me with a phone number or list of missing or deceased individuals it would be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for any information,
Regards,
Claudia Donia
Hi Claudia. Just ABOVE your post I have given a number for people to phone from outside Italy. Have you tried it. We also have difficulty in finding friends via telephones. This main post has a link to view the most recent list of the deceased. Kind regards. Patrizia Swart xxx
I am a Malaysian. I lived in Italy before.I do feel the pain for the people who died in this natural disaster of L’Aquilla but to those who are in sorrow should stop being sad. Didn’t Jesus create us and didn’t he say that he will take us back in his time? He created us but life is short so always remember the happy moments that you have shared during their lives on earth. There is life after death. God didn’t create the problem so to those who question and blame God for this disaster and for taking their loved ones back so soon ,should understand the meaning of why God created us in the first place? Sin by men on earth created the problem. Geophisicist should be more careful and intelligent when putting up such a construction. The lives of those 6 months to 96 years of age are save in God’s house called Heaven.Little Anton Iovan the 6 month old boy who died with his parents must be a happy little angel in heaven, now. Catholic Christians have to learn to have strong faith in God especially Italians for Jesus walked on Italian grounds. We all have to die in some way in God’s time. We must pray everyday and be prepared to return to God. Laugh for your dead and spiritual family members for they are happy and safe. We have to worry about how we will die as death can come any time and anywhere. The question here is, are we prepared? That is the fear in some of us so if you have done good on earth, you shouldn’t fear.
Hi Valerie. It is true what you say, BUT….ANGER is a HUMAN emotion….anger @ yourself, others OR anger aimed @ God. It is a normal human emotion AND PART OF THE MOURNING PROCESS. Maybe this will be helpful to some: 5 phases of the mourning process: Denial, Anger, Discouraged/Depression, Negotiation (getting help), Acceptance. TIME HEALS….we should all give time, time! People should also STOP BLAMING PEOPLE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS. What should have been done is that buildings there should have been re-inforced (made stronger) A LONG TIME AGO. My father grew up in L’Aquila and that was MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO!! Tremors have always been part of that area. He experienced it too. My heart bleeds for those people and the L’Aquila I’ll NEVER get to see. Very sad human tragedy. Regards. Patrizia
Hello Patrizia , thank you for your advice. I can imagine the anger I am currently going through with an Italian lawyer in the South of Italy where he has caused to much pain , hurt and anger for the wicked things he did to me and this can be very well be proven in court but 5 years have passed .He keeps doing bad things to me on the internet till today and the worse part when he kept on harrassing me on an internet chat site during the 40 days of Lent where I always fast for 40 days and abstain from meat for 40 days .The hurt from this man was terrible and I don’t know what made me tell him this but I told him that ” for what you and your wicked friends are doing to me I will make sure that God destroys the wicked Italian men for hurting me” Just as I said that few days later this disaster happened and I felt like it was some kind of consolation to soothe my hurting soul but my faith in God is very strong. Despite the frustration and anger I have deep inside against this Italian lawyer , I only keep praying and fasting. I pray so hard even though I am not blessed to live in Italy forever. I am a freelance political secretary for some Government Bodies in Malaysia. If I am nasty I can create worst problems for him but I know that god speaks to me everyday. He wakes me up at 03.00 am to say a prayer to him and believe me despite the anger these people have in Abruzzo ,Patrizia , I still feel they lack faith in God. Just look at 98 year old woman who was saved. She said that she prayed and the beauty of all things is PRAYER and of course in this moment people will blame God BUt how many people look withing thier own hearts and look at the sins they cause unto others. They never look at their own sin and when natural disaster happens or a bad car accident occurs , I have witnessed the Italians in hospitals during my missionary assignments with kids and adults, they have no faith and question God ” Why did you do this to me” . I find this very strange . When bad things strike me , I just keep quite and search my soul to see where I went wrong for such things to happen so my Dear people of Abruzzo, life still has to go on and we MUST live life to the fullest in good , bad and sad times and we have problems we must face them and not run away from them. Sometime such things happens is because God is putting a test on us and God will test us many times and in many ways and I have gone through it so I know and I am still his best friend. People of Italy , I urge you to pray .Life is short be close to God at all times. God Bless you Patrizia. From , Valerie Wilfred ,Malaysia
Thank you for the service you provided. My heart and prayers are with you all.
Dear Sir or Madam, I am trying to find a relative Mrs Rosa Del Casale my ex mother-in-law has been trying to contact her for sometime and is very worried. She lived in Vasta Italy her no is (phone number removed – Alex Roe BFI)
If anyone has heard if she is ok could she please email me or phone Angelina Zinni. Perth WA (phone number removed – Alex Roe BFI) Please thank you.
(Note: I’m not sure it is a good idea to give phone numbers – there are some odd people on the www – I’ve removed them, so if you have information to help Margaret – please leave a comment here, or use Blog from Italy’s contact system which can be accessed via the menu at the top of this page – Thanks – Alex Roe)
Hi Margaret,
I’ve sent you an email about this.
Hopefully, someone else will see your comment, and contact me, in which case, I’ll be in touch.
Best regards,
Alex
Can you tell me if the ABruzzo region, particularly L’Aquila, has recovered enough from the earthquake to welcome tourists? where can I go on the web to find the very latest information?
Aurelia
Hi Aurelia,
I was told that some areas would be ready to accept tourists by July or so, but only those not badly damaged. I think L’Aqulia itself may be a no go zone for a while yet – BUT – I’m not sure.
I’ll make a phone call tomorrow and get back to you.
Thanks for writing.
Best regards,
Alex
Hi Aurelia,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
Today I had a word with the Italian Tourist board’s Abruzzo branch:
http://www.abruzzoturismo.it/index.php
Theoretically, there is an English language section of the Abruzzo tourism web site, but it seems to be a mix of English and Italian, with useful information mainly in Italian!
Anyway, L’Aqulia is still a no go area, and will be for some time to come, I fear, so visiting the city is not recommended.
As for the rest of Abruzzo, if you steer clear of the quake hit zone, you should not have too many problems. However, it would be a good idea to speak to the hotel of your choice, in view of the fact that those displaced by the quake are staying in quite a few of the hotels in the region, and this may have an effect on availability.
For further and more up to date information on the tourism situation in Abruzzo, you could try calling this number for the Abruzzo Tourist office: (0039) 0862 410808 (be patient – the call will be transferred before you hear a menu – select 1 to speak to a human) or you could try this number on the Abruzzo Tourist office’s web site: 0039 08544 82301
I was told that English speakers are on hand to help those who do not know Italian.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Alex
hi ,thanks for the information ,,,i have a very good friend who is in italy as a international student ,,,,and he is from china ,,,,22 years old boy ,,,,and we cant contact with him since april ,,,,if you could help us with any information that we can find him ,,,,,i can do anythinng for it ,,please help us ,,or just tell me any information will help us to find him
Dear Alex,
I come from Vietnam. During the Vietnam war, I have some friend from Italy, who learned in Bologna Medecin university. One of them is Mr Luciano ( I have an photo from him. he is living maybe in Pesaro Italy. If you can find him to me I will be grateful to you!
Please feet back to me if you can, Ok?
Thanks
Dzung
Hi Dzung,
I’m afraid that tracking down people is not something I do – unless I get a few requests after a major event like an earthquake.
There is a small chance that your friend Mr Luciano will come across your comment and get in touch with me, or that someone else who knows Mr Luciano may read this and write to me. If that does happen, I’ll be in touch.
Best,
Alex