Thousands of people at 3 pm this afternoon gave thelast farewell to Giovanni Custodero in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine a Pieces of Greek, in the municipality of Fasano (Brindisi). The 27 year old former 5-a-side football goalkeeper was fighting against a bone sarcoma. He had to undergo five surgeries and one leg amputation. Its history has moved all Italy, until the decision to undergo “constant and continuous sedation” at the end of the Christmas holidays, a period lived in the company of family and closest friends.
The funeral of the warrior Giovanni
A wrestler Giovanni, not surprisingly, was placed on his coffin a helmet, like that of a warrior. “The symbol of those who struggle every day against disease and suffering, with a strength of mind that is an example for everyone” Francesco Zaccaria, mayor of Fasano, Custodero described, proposing to title the city sports hall to the 27-year-old: “It would be the most just thanks from the city, it would be the most beautiful message: Giovanni’s teaching will never die. Our daily worries and our discussions negligible smallnesses appear in the face of an attachment to life and human values such as what our warrior has shown, using the new communication tools that fascinate young people “.
Don Antonios homily, a lot of emotion
In the front row in the church were his girlfriend Luana and his sister Mariana, who in recent days have told us about his difficult but convinced choice: to stop suffering, through deep sedation. The funeral was celebrated by don Antonio Esposito who, in his homily, recalled the courage that Giovanni had in facing the disease always with a smile on his lips. “I met him in the last period of his existence and I think he got what he wanted most: let people know to the world that life is an amazing gift, that you can not waste even a moment, that you must live it in absolute fullness with the enthusiasm to grasp and savor its greatness at all times “.
The last message
His close friend, Davide De Franco, read a moving letter recalling the most beautiful moments lived together witnessing the last message left by Giovanni: “Live life in every moment”. Outside, the white balloons and the applause of the Fasano fans.
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