Rigopiano, here’s the phone call that he return to the emergency: “the Collapses? Nooo, I was in contact until a kind” – The Messenger

On the 18th of January, when the avalanche had already overwhelmed the hotel Rigopiano, there was a phone call (around 17.40) between the prefecture of Pescara and the administrator of the hotel, Bruno Tommaso, who was elsewhere, and did not know what had actually happened, that persuaded the authorities that the situation was under control, Thomas said he was “up to now” in contact with the hotel, while the exchange of messages via whatsapp with Rigopiano was previous to the tragedy.

This is the full text of that phone call, of which we publish the audio

Official prefecture: “Oh Bruno hello, feel fammiti ask for one thing, you’re the director on Rigopiano?”.
Thomas: “I’m the administrator”.
Officer: “do you Know what is the situation about that?”
Thomas: “Tragic. I’m back home at this time.”
Officer: “The road is closed?”.
Thomas: “of Course is closed… but well Farindola”.
Officer: “I stand at the operational room of the prefecture: but you can’t talk with someone about?”
Thomas: “No, only whatsapp”
Officer: “Then you see a little bit, because we have been… wait a moment I will speak directly with the manager… we received a phone call a little strange, we wanted to make sure a girl… Dr. Lupi where is i t? Expect you’ll step directly to the manager, the manager.”
Wolves: “Ready? I am doctor of Wolves… I was often a guest with you, lately, right when it happened the second earthquake and I have seen that the structure is in reinforced concrete. Now we had a phone call from a person who said that the hotel Rigopiano there were injured to be repaired, etc. We have a phone call recorded at our operations center…”
Thomas: “But no… who did it…”
Wolves: “…be careful, this phone call recorded in our system 118… is not responding then most.. in the us the ci number will always appear even though you put trick, trick, ‘anonymous’, etc, etc… You have news?”
Thomas: “But of course I have news, no, no..”
Wolves: “that’s all right…”
Thomas: “that is all right in the sense that…”.
Wolves: “very Well, makes me great pleasure. Shortly, in mid-February I will be again your guest. What can I say? The important thing is that you know that there is nothing”.
Thomas: “No.. I was up like in the link via whatsapp…”
Wolves: “perfect…”
Thomas: “…we have a parable where the Internet signal is guaranteed, I can communicate with whatsapp. Everything here, in short,”.
Wolves: “Perfect.. the director gives me a big relief.. We must always make sure, with the help of our common friend. That’s fine, thank you”.
Thomas: “Nothing, thanks, goodbye”.