Premier Matteo Renzi said
Wednesday no one would be left on their own after a devastating
earthquake left scores dead in central Italy.
"We will leave no one on their own - not one family, one
town or one village," the premier said at a Rome press
conference before heading to the stricken areas in the Apennine
mountains of the Lazio and Marche regions.
"The priority right now is to dig" people out of the
rubble after the 6.0 earthquake, Renzi said.
He went on to thank volunteers, civil protection rescuers
and the "solidarity machine" for their prompt response.
"I thank everyone who dug with their bare
hands," he said.
"Italy mourns its fellow nationals and displays its
tears but also the generous heart of its volunteers, its civil
protection and its institutions for all the world to see," he
said.
Also on Wednesday, House Speaker Laura Boldrini who is a
native of the Marche region traveled to the mountain village of
Arquata del Tronto to personally "convey the House's solidarity
to the stricken population" and to also say she stands with the
citizens of her region.
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