Italy hotel girl rescued, asks for biscuit
A six-year-old girl has been rescued from a hotel devastated by an avalanche in Italy. After two days under tonnes of snow, what does she want? A biscuit.
Family friend Quintino Marcella said he spoke to Ludovica Parete by phone as she was being transported to the hospital on Friday evening in the Italian city of Pescara. He says "she is OK. She asked for Ringos." That's a round, two-sided chocolate-and-vanilla biscuit popular with Italian children.
Ludovica's entire family survived Wednesday's avalanche that swept through the Hotel Rigopiano, a resort in the Apennine mountains.
Her dad, Giampiero Parete, happened to be outside the hotel when the avalanche struck and called for help. His wife, Adriana, and son Gianfilippo, 8, were rescued earlier on Friday. The children's mother then implored rescuers to find Ludovica - and they did, bringing her out in apparently good condition.
