Vivi per miracolo

Campi Flegrei Earthquake. What would happen in the event of an evacuation? What have we done in recent years to reduce the risk to the population? The story of Paolo Mondani and Francesca Cersosimo in the documentary “Vivi per miracolo”. August 31, 2000 Are these Vesuvians crazy? What madness drives them to continue building their homes on the slopes of a volcano that, experts say, could explode at any moment? Scientists are trying to read the warning signs of an eruption that, unlike the one in 1944 when Vesuvius was very sparsely inhabited, would affect seven hundred thousand people today. Civil protection is trying to experiment with evacuation plans that in reality would be very difficult to implement. But they, the protagonists, from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio to Massa di Somma, respond that they wouldn't leave for all the gold in the world. And in fact they continue to build homes, despite the park, ever higher, ever closer to the crater. Because they don't know where to go, due to a mix of fatalism and ignorance, but also because illegal construction is a business that cannot be given up. And in the shadow of Vesuvius, illegality is still the most flourishing industry. The Camorra that provides work to build the enormous expanse of concrete is the same one that recruits young people for drug dealing and dictates the law in the 'neighborhoods' of Ercolano, while a cultural and environmental heritage that is unique in the world fails to establish itself as a wealth for all.