A 21-month-old toddler found alive after spending two nights alone in woods
A 21-month-old toddler found alive after spending two nights alone in woods
(Web Desk) - A 21-month-old toddler has been found alive at the bottom of a ravine after spending two nights alone in the woods.
Nicola Tanturli was found near his home in Tuscany, Italy, when a TV journalist heard him crying "mamma".
The child emerged with a bump on his head and some scratches but no other injuries.
Nicola had wandered away from his isolated home in the Apennine mountains sometime during the night on Monday, and was the subject of an intense round-the-clock search and Italian media coverage.
Church bells rang out in celebration in the town of Palazzuolo sul Senio, near Florence, when the boy was found a mile from his home.
A journalist for RAI state television covering the story said he was walking up a dirt road towards the family home when he heard whimpers from a ravine heavily covered in trees and brush.
Giuseppe Di Tommaso said: "I started to yell, Nicola , to understand if it could be the child. I heard mamma ."
