The rescuer: "I was the first to see him. It was incredibly emotional: I have children, too."

The Pompeiana civil protection volunteer was the first to spot A. among the undergrowth: "When he moved his little arm, I knew everything was okay. And then I cried."
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Dario Mattiauda is the volunteer who first physically identified little A. , who has been missing from a campsite near Ventimiglia since Friday 11 July .
A volunteer with the Riviera dei Fiori Civil Protection team in Pompeiana since 2021, he is currently unemployed: "I'm a father too, so imagine how excited I was. When he moved his little arm, I knew he was alive."
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