"Octav Stroici, 66, was rescued on Monday night after 11 hours under fallen masonry but died of his injuries at the city's Umberto I hospital. Romanian foreign affairs officials, who said he came from their country, thanked rescuers for their efforts to save him during a long, complex and delicate operation. Rome's council announced that a day of mourning for Stroici would be held on Wednesday."
"Lamberto Giannini, the city's prefect, said: The [rescue] operation lasted a long time because every time a part of the body was freed there was additional rubble that covered it. Stroici, from Suceava in northern Romania, had lived with his family in Italy for more than 30 years, La Repubblica reported. He was an exquisite, calm and very good person, a colleague told the newspaper."
"Stroici had been among a team of 11 undertaking restoration works at the 29-metre Torre dei Conti, near the Colosseum, when it suffered two collapses on Monday. Another worker, Gaetano La Manna, 66, was taken to San Giovanni hospital with injuries but discharged on Monday night, according to Corriere della Sera. Two others were rescued by firefighters using aerial ladders before the second collapse occurred, trapping Stroici inside."
Prosecutors opened a manslaughter investigation after a partial collapse of the 29-metre Torre dei Conti in central Rome during restoration work. Octav Stroici, 66, was trapped under fallen masonry for 11 hours, rescued and taken to Umberto I hospital, where he later died. A team of 11 workers was on site when the tower suffered two collapses; other workers were injured or rescued. The restoration was carried out by specialist companies under a council project financed by the EU post-pandemic recovery fund. The 13th-century tower remained cordoned off while investigators examined the cause, and a day of mourning was declared.
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