She clung to the plants and a citizen managed to pass her the sleeve of a jacket. She was entrusted to the care of 118
She stopped the car on the Olivetti bridge on Sunday afternoon, opened the car door and threw herself into Dora. Under the bewildered eyes of many Ivrea, who failed to intervene. The fastest of all, however, was a citizen, who preferred not to reveal his identity. However, he realized that the woman, in her thirties, had clung to some plants so as not to be dragged away and immediately tried to devise a plan to facilitate the rescue of the Ivrea firefighters, who would soon rush in strength. .
So he played at some buildings close to the bank in Corso Nigra, a lady opened the door for him and made him go down to the cellars under the old hotel Dora.
From there he understood that he could reach her too, soon he stretched the sleeve of his jacket and pulled it towards him.
The woman was trembling, wet, under the eyes of all passers-by. The citizen covered her with his jacket and helped her to enter the cellar premises.
After a while, help arrived: the firefighters, state police and carabinieri of Ivrea. However, there was no need for the former because the woman was safe. The 118 ambulance took her to the hospital to be stabilized. However, he did not appear to have suffered any major physical trauma.
The episode happened around 17.30 in the afternoon, when there is a large passage on the bridge and in Corso Nigra.
Inevitably, a crowd of onlookers gathered, but then dispersed once the rescue was over. The road network was interrupted for the time necessary for the operations and was managed by the police.
Then the traffic started flowing again, but many people witnessed a scene that they will not easily forget. However, the reasons that led the woman to make that gesture remain unknown.