{"id":2379,"date":"2016-08-28T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2016-08-28T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T11:30:33","slug":"sisters-embrace-saved-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/sisters-embrace-saved-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister’s Embrace Saved Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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ASCOLI PIECENO, Italy \u2013 \u00a0<\/span>In the chaos of Italy’s devastating earthquake, an older sister’s embrace allowed a four-year-old girl to survive.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The heartbreaking story of Giulia Rinaldo, 9, and her 4-year-old sister Giorgia was recounted Saturday by the bishop who celebrated a funeral Mass for 35 of the 290 people killed by the quake that ravaged central Italy before dawn Wednesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole recalled that around 6 or 6:30 p.m. Wednesday \u2014 15 hours after the quake \u2014 he returned to a church in his diocese in the town of Pescara Del Tronto to recover its crucifix.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He said at the time, only meters (yards) from the church, firefighters were using their hands to dig out the two sisters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“The older one, Giulia, was sprawled over the smaller one, Giorgia. Giulia, dead, Giorgia, alive. They were in an embrace,” Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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