It was a sunny day in Udine, Italy, when tragedy struck three friends during a leisurely walk along the Natisone River. Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, and her boyfriend Cristian Molnar, 25, found themselves stranded on a small pebble island as the water levels suddenly surged. Little did they know that this would be their final moments together.
Firefighters and passersby rushed to their aid, desperately trying to save the group by tossing them a rope. But fate had a different plan. The powerful floodwaters swept them away, leaving firefighters helplessly watching as the three friends disappeared before their eyes. The chief of the provincial firefighters in Udine, Giorgio Basile, recalled the heart-wrenching moment, stating, “We threw them a rope, but they were literally swallowed up by the flood waters in front of our eyes.”