Toddler Lucca Romano was on his way to be baptized in Argentina when he fell 15 metres at Toronto Airport. He died in hospital. His devastated parents are planning to fly his body to Argentina for burial. A trust fund has been set up for the family.
TORONTO – (Update) Toddler Lucca Romano who died Sunday after falling from a height of 15-metres at Toronto's Pearson International Airport will be laid to rest in Argentina, a close family friend told Digital Journal on Monday.
‘They want to take his body to Argentina for burial because all of he family is there,” said stunned family friend Anne-Sophie Bellido in an interview from Winnipeg. The Bellidos have set up a trust fund to help the family carry out their wish to take the body to a final resting place in Buenos Aires. (See details below.)
Lucca, 15-months-old, his mom Veronica, dad Flavio, their four-year-old daughter Massimo and the children’s grandmother were heading to Argentina on Sunday evening when the child slipped from his mom’s arms and fell.
The baby fell from a balcony on the departure level to the floor of the arrival terminal, a distance of approximately 15-metres, said Bellido who spoke with the heart-broken father of the dead child.
“The baby was in the mother’s arms and she lost her grip on him,” said Bellido in an interview with Digital Journal from her home in Winnipeg. “The dad ran downstairs and the baby was already on the floor.”
“They took the baby to hospital but he died one hour later,” said Bellido.
“They were going to Argentina where the baby was to be baptized,” she said. “They are immigrated from Argentina about ten years ago and are now Canadians.”
“They lived here in Winnipeg until November when they moved,” she said. “We were very close friends of the family.”
“I talked to the dad, they want to take the body to Argentina as soon as the body is released,” she said. “He is under a lot of shock and devastated.”
“It costs a lot of money so we have started a fund," she said.
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Cash donations can be made in person at any TD Canada Trust Branch in Canada for 'The Romanos' at the following account # 6977-6326978. Cheques need to be made out to 'Guillermo Bellido in trust for The Romanos'. Please mail cheques to 'TD Canada Trust Vista Place, 1631 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg, MB, R2N1Z4'
