When a young woman died before her time in Italy’s region of Puglia, a stranger felt compelled to help the grief-stricken family.
Paying off the major part of the woman’s funeral, he told Italian media he expected nothing in return, but was merely listening to the voice in his heart.
In the city of Fasano, southeast Italy, 25-year-old Ciela Ditano was killed when the elevator doors opened on the fourth floor of her condominium without an elevator to board. She fell four stories to her death.
In the days that followed, the devastated father and mother, Giuseppe and Giusy, received an unexpected gesture from an unknown person.
Steven Paparnesi, originally from Milan, had moved to the province of Brindisi where he works as maintenance staff at an old folks home and dreams of becoming a tattoo and street artist. He had never met Ditano, but her death “revived the tragedy” of his sister, Kimberly, who also tragically passed away at age 19.
Despite occurring 4 years ago, the pain and destabilization of that event still lingers for young Steven, and the news of Ditano’s death brought it all back again.
“I heard and saw her parents sunken in pain, and I immediately felt I had to help them,” Parpanesi told Corriere del Mezzogiorno. “Their situation touched me deeply, and in this way, I decided to make this gesture at least to take from Ciela’s family a portion of the economic burden, hoping that it will be a modicum of comfort in these circumstances.”
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Paparnesi, according to reporters, had given €2,500, or about $2,800 to the funeral service hired by the family.
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“Us young people spend an awful lot of money uselessly, but I can give a little to someone who has need of it now and it won’t change my life for the worse,” said Parpanesi.
“I did that which my heart told me to do.”
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