Heroic Mother (Colour Litho)

Heroic mother. In front of the Castellazzo tollbooth, on the Milan-Novara line, a three-year-old boy, Dario Busano, is crossing the tracks when he hears the roar of the train coming from Novara. Take a step back. He sees another train coming on the opposite side. The little one has a moment of uncertainty; but at that moment two hands grasp him, the hands of his mother rushed to his aid. Holding the baby tight to her chest, the woman bends in the space between the tracks. The convoys launched at high speed pass by. Mom and son, still embraced, are unharmed. A miracle. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 10 July 1955.