Aurel Lala and Alesio Cakoni, 10 and 7, children who managed to escape the devastating earthquake of November 26 after being thrown out the window, received the surprise of a lifetime. The two survivors who flew out of the windows of the Truman palace have left the hospital and met in Italy with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Juventus striker and Gianluigi Buffon, the former Juventus goalkeeper, the famous Italian goalkeeper.
Prime Minister Edi Rama has taken the boys with him to Italy, where he has met their favorite footballers.
"After leaving the hospital they have to resume the way of life we wish you long, with health and happiness, " the head of government says. Football stars ask if they are brothers, and the prime minister replies: No, they lived in the same palace. Family members are lost.
"It was a terrible earthquake, we had 51 dead," Rama continued.
Playing football? Ask one of the children, excited by this meeting, he replies: Yes
Edi Rama : It's a little overweight.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Buffon have donated the boys their own T-shirts in which they have left an autograph with the children's names.
Alesio Cakoni, 10, has lost his father and sister. Alesio Cakoni jumped from the fifth floor of the palace to escape the moment the earthquake struck and today is thankfully well, while Aurelio jumped from the third floor to continue living. Aurel Lala lost her sister in the earthquake, her mother was slightly injured while her father was an immigrant to Greece and returned as soon as she heard the news. As a young Alesio, he lost his father Kastriot Caconi and his 15-year-old sister, Light. During a visit by Prime Minister Edi Rama to the infants at the hospital, they expressed their dream of meeting two favorite footballers. The desire that was fulfilled today, in these difficult moments for them, as their people were lost.
Source: Shqiptarja.com