L'Aquila, Italy is about 90 miles from Collelongo, our family's "hometown". My cousin Mark Guanciale of North Carolina, was checking up on our family's situation yesterday, here is a portion of his email:"It sounds as though Collelongo is okay and that most of the damage was concentrated north of that immediate area. Through Facebook I have met Rocco Cerone which lives in Canada with his family. He father is Anita Casciere’s brother (Rocco and Anita Casciere). His first cousin Domenic has three sons that attend the University in L’Aquila and luckily they made it out of their dorm rooms alive. They still have friends that are unaccounted for so they are glad to be safe and alive. They are back in Collelongo with Domenic and their family."
Mark is the son of Frank Guanciale, read my October 2008 post about Frank Guanciale here.
Collelongo is 77 kilometers from L'Aquila. That is 47.84 miles. Carlos's email was tragically humbling. I am thankful they are all right - for now.
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