At exactly 3.32 hours in the morning of April 6, 2009 a powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck the town of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region in central Italy. Left in its wake 309 dead, more than 1,600 injured, 65,000 homeless, 10,000 million euros in damages and a pile of rubble everywhere.
But two years after the terrible earthquake that the situation has not changed much: L'Aquila is in ruins, there is rubble everywhere and reconstruction efforts have barely started. Even the hospital of L'Aquila shows a very different exhibiting hours after the shock that destroyed the city some of its corridors are filled with rubble, several operating rooms abandoned and languishing sophisticated medical devices packed powder .
The local council is also continuing in ruins. And the dome of the cathedral is shattered. L'Aquila In total there are still 4.2 million tons of debris to collect and 16,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. Only 460 buildings have been completely restored. And what about the victims. Two years later there are still 37,733 people who have not been able to return to their homes, according to latest figures.
Of these about 23,000 live in state structures, 13,000 receive assistance to pay for accommodation and 1,328 still residing in hotels. And essential services are conspicuous by their absence in the middle of the accommodation procured for the victims. According to a study conducted by the Italian universities of Florence, Marche, L'Aquila, reconstruction in Abruzzo are progressing more slowly than in Indonesia, where in October 2010 was a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
This situation has led to increase the incidence of anxiety and depression in the area, so the Mental Health Department does not hesitate to directly attributable to the earthquake. Of the 15,000 earthquake victims interviewed in the study by the Universities of Florence, Marche and L'Aquila is that 43% suffer or have suffered traumatic stress, a figure that soars to 66% among women.
Cases of dependence on alcohol or drugs have increased. And unemployment has also grown, no less than 6%. In fact, 22 months after the earthquake only 65% of respondents said having a job. The conclusion of the study is that the April 6, 2009 not only destroyed l'Aquila, but also the death of his community.
Berlusconi has visited more than 30 times L'Aquila in these two years, always promising aid and welcoming the reconstruction were booming. However, today marks two years of the tragedy was not dropped by. "Berlusca, do not get to see," noting some signs placed by residents at the site, explaining the discomfort felt by many victims of the earthquake to its management by government.
What happens is no pain. This morning, just at 3.32 pm, 20,000 residents of L'Aquila have gathered in Cathedral Square to remember with 309 strokes to the 309 victims of the earthquake. 
But two years after the terrible earthquake that the situation has not changed much: L'Aquila is in ruins, there is rubble everywhere and reconstruction efforts have barely started. Even the hospital of L'Aquila shows a very different exhibiting hours after the shock that destroyed the city some of its corridors are filled with rubble, several operating rooms abandoned and languishing sophisticated medical devices packed powder .
The local council is also continuing in ruins. And the dome of the cathedral is shattered. L'Aquila In total there are still 4.2 million tons of debris to collect and 16,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. Only 460 buildings have been completely restored. And what about the victims. Two years later there are still 37,733 people who have not been able to return to their homes, according to latest figures.
Of these about 23,000 live in state structures, 13,000 receive assistance to pay for accommodation and 1,328 still residing in hotels. And essential services are conspicuous by their absence in the middle of the accommodation procured for the victims. According to a study conducted by the Italian universities of Florence, Marche, L'Aquila, reconstruction in Abruzzo are progressing more slowly than in Indonesia, where in October 2010 was a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
This situation has led to increase the incidence of anxiety and depression in the area, so the Mental Health Department does not hesitate to directly attributable to the earthquake. Of the 15,000 earthquake victims interviewed in the study by the Universities of Florence, Marche and L'Aquila is that 43% suffer or have suffered traumatic stress, a figure that soars to 66% among women.
Cases of dependence on alcohol or drugs have increased. And unemployment has also grown, no less than 6%. In fact, 22 months after the earthquake only 65% of respondents said having a job. The conclusion of the study is that the April 6, 2009 not only destroyed l'Aquila, but also the death of his community.
Berlusconi has visited more than 30 times L'Aquila in these two years, always promising aid and welcoming the reconstruction were booming. However, today marks two years of the tragedy was not dropped by. "Berlusca, do not get to see," noting some signs placed by residents at the site, explaining the discomfort felt by many victims of the earthquake to its management by government.
What happens is no pain. This morning, just at 3.32 pm, 20,000 residents of L'Aquila have gathered in Cathedral Square to remember with 309 strokes to the 309 victims of the earthquake.
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