12/3/01
It is encouraging to see this as another in a more recent attitude change in
Italy, in attempting more to "reach out" to the descendents of the Diaspora/
L'Avventura.
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FUND TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR ITALIAN-AMERICAN
VICTIMS OF TERROR ATTACKS
Silvana Mangione, coordinator of the advisement committee of the
General Council of Italians Abroad, announced today from Lascaris Palace
in
Turin, site of the Crystal Ceilings convention, that "28% OF THE RESCUE
WORKERS THAT DIED in the Twin Towers attack were Italian-Americans."
She made a plea that Italy must not forget the children...
Ms. Mangione said that "in the United States it is difficult to maintain
children
in college, and that something must be done for Italian-American orphans
whose parents so courageously sacrificed themselves."
