Alfredino Rampi: Italy remembers tragedy of boy who died in well

Alfredino Rampi: Italy remembers tragedy of boy who died in well

Italy looks back on the 45th anniversary of a tragedy whose doomed rescue attempts unfolded on live television. On this day 45 years ago, a small boy fell deep into a well in a village near Frascati, about 20 km south-east of Rome. Alfredo Rampi, known as Alfredino, was six years old. On the evening of 10 June 1981, the boy had asked his father if he could walk back across the field to the family's holiday house. It was a short walk and his fath…