Lorenzo, who died at the age of 14: his mother launched an appeal to write him letters

Lorenzo died at the age of 14 due to Ewing’s sarcoma. To announce her death on her social networks was her mother who, just a month ago, again through Facebook, had asked to write to him because he could not leave the house.

Hundreds of people had sent him greetings and thoughts from all over Italy. His mother had asked to send letters, photos, drawings to show him the world, to make him forget his illness a bit. TO Castel San Pietro Termein the Bologna area, where he lived and attended the first scientific high school, photos of animals and letters have arrived.

This is the post of the past few hours: «Lorenzo left us at 2.22 today 22/11/22. He fell asleep peacefully in my arms, he has always whispered to me these days “mom I love you”. I wish I could say that everything was simple but, despite his immense will to live until the end, the situation had gotten a lot worse since Friday. I will speak on behalf of him, I’m sure Lorenzo lived the last month of his life inside a dream, despite the physical pain, thanks to all those who loved him, thanks to the immense love he felt from an entire world and from us who loved him more than humanly possible. Thank you, hug us all my love, but even more we need to feel that you are free to shine as hard as you can”.

Every year, in Italy, tumors strike 1,400 children aged 0 to 14 and about 800 adolescents between 15 and 18 years old. They are the second leading cause of death among young people.

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