CARRARA. No one exactly remembers when the Messinese left Sicily. When he arrived at the foot of the Apuan Alps, probably, Aldo Gullotti, the 44-year-old worker who yesterday lost his life at the commercial headquarters of Santucci Group, the stone company he had worked for over twenty years, “was not even of legal age.” He was crushed by a “package” – a bundle – of marble slabs he was handling.
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From the South to his aunt
From the South, he had “come up,” and had stayed with an aunt. “He was a bright boy, eager to work,” recalls those who have known him at the company for a lifetime: above all, he had the desire to improve his life.
Hiring at Santucci
To give himself an opportunity, and it was fine even if it was far from his land of origin. Aldo worked, and how he worked, whose story with the Santucci entrepreneur family intertwines almost by chance. He was young and worked for a cooperative that had working relationships with Santucci Group. He moved well, “he was sharp, someone who knows how to do things,” so much so that he was noticed and someone suggested: “We have to hire that boy.”
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And so he joined the team, where he stayed until yesterday when Fate decided it was time to close his curtain. Work and his home were Aldo’s commitments: “With effort and dedication – says colleague Alessandro Fazzi – he had managed to buy a house in Massa, in Turano, in front of the sports field. He did small jobs, all by himself, step by step he had fixed it up.”
The son
And then there was his son. And it is to him that the thoughts of both the Santucci family and the work colleagues, from the production site and the commercial office, go. Already yesterday morning, in front of the company gates and offices, there were those thinking – imagining – how to help that child who no longer has his father.
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