Lieutenant Colonel Paolo Candreva was awarded the Silver Medal
On Friday, March 22, at the Viminale, Air Force General Giandomenico Taricco, Commander of the Rome Air Force Command (COMAER) he participated, on behalf of the Armed Forces, in the award ceremony Carnegie Foundation for Acts of Heroism.
On this occasion, the Air Force had the privilege of seeing one of its own officers among the awardees, Lieutenant Colonel Paolo Candreva, awarded the Silver Medal.
The award was presented by the Commander of COMAER, General Taricco, who in his speech wanted to emphasize that the oath taken by every soldier upon enlistment is among the most obvious proofs of how to keep the oath given, and today, to testify to this, is what Lieutenant Colonel Paolo Candreva did:“On June 27, 2021, along the Maruggio-Avetrana (TA) provincial road, he intervened promptly in the wake of a road accident. In that instance, having witnessed the loss of control of a car, resulting in a strong impact of the same against the guardrail, and realizing that the driver had been injured and was profusely bleeding, while waiting for the 118 ambulance crew, he tried to stop the bleeding with a bandage, then with a towel that he held tightly pressed against the wound, reducing the flow of blood. Subsequently, he worked to clear the road so that the ambulance could arrive. A remarkable example of human solidarity and generous altruism”.
Also present at the ceremony were Maria Teresa Sempreviva, Head of Cabinet of the Minister of the Interior, Gaetano Melini, President of the Carnegie Foundation and the Foundation’s advisors, General of the Corps of the Army Francesco Greco, President of the Standing Commission for the Advancement of the Guardia di Finanza, General of the Corps of the Army Mario Cinque, Chief of Staff of the Carabinieri Corps, and Prefect Vittorio Rizzi, Director General of Public Security.
The Carnegie Foundation It is a Moral Foundation established at the Ministry of the Interior in 1911 with the aim of rewarding acts of heroism performed by men and women in peace operations within the national territory through the fund donated by the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
