What he experienced in Krakow was “a traumatic experience”: this was told to Tg1 by one of the teachers of the Ugo Foscolo high school in Albano Laziale who was yesterday in the market square of Krakow with the 34 boys and the other companions when the attack began. It was “certainly a traumatic experience. Very scary. The kids were good, strong and courageous. We talked about it, now they need to metabolise”, says teacher Lucia Darino. It was “an experience with a strong emotional impact, it will take time”, she adds.
“Fortunately we were always in contact, by telephone, the kids told us where they were,” says another teacher, Gianluca Prestipino. They were “endless minutes”, he continues, those in which the attacker shot and fled through the streets of the historic center. “The shots were heard distinctly, we didn’t understand where from, we fled like everyone else who was in the square, everyone ran, some from one side, some from another…” Only when the attacker was neutralized, the Italian students were rescued one by one thanks to the intervention of the Honorary Consul and the director of the Institute of Italian Culture. “I only heard the shots and saw the crowd fleeing, the Poles helped us take shelter”, says Melania Bisogno, another teacher at the same high school. «The bodies on the ground, the bullets, the confusion and the fear, some kids managed to stay attached to their teachers, others took refuge in bars and shops».