LONE SURVIVOR
Sole survivor, 5, wakes from coma after family wiped out in Italian cable crash as parents & sibling laid to rest
Updated: 5:14 ET, May 28 2021
AN Israeli boy, 5, who was the sole survivor of a deadly cable car crash that killed his entire family, has woken from a coma as loved ones were laid to rest.
Eitan Biran, who suffered injuries to his skull, chest, and abdomen, remains in a critical condition after the Mottarone tragedy, while his relatives were repatriated to Israel for their funerals.
Amit Biran and his wife Tal Peleg-Biran died along with their son youngest son Tom Biran - leaving Eitan (bottom right)
The 5-year-old Israeli boy was the only survivor of a fatal cable car crash that killed his entire family. After his family rested in peace, he woke up from a
LITTLE SURVIVOR
Haunting final pic of tragic Israeli boy, 5, on Italy cable car as he wakes from coma to learn his parents had died
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Updated: 26 May 2021, 16:15
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THIS is the haunting final photograph of an little Israeli boy who woke from a coma to find his parents had died in a horror cable car crash.
Eitan Biran, 5, lost five members of his family when the carriage, travelling at 100mph, was catapulted 54 metres and plummeted to the ground in Stresa, Northern Italy, on Sunday.
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Amit Biran, 30, Tal Peleg, 27, with sons Tom, 2, and Eitan, 5, the only survivor of the crashCredit: Newsflash
When rescuers reached the site they found two five-year-boys alive. One was Eitan, who lived in Italy with his family. The other was Mattia Zorloni, who lived in the town of Vedano Olona, east of Lake Maggiore. Like Eitan, Mattia’s parents died in the tragedy.
AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
The main entrance to the Stresa to Mottarone cable car departure station by Lake Maggiore The boys had been thrown clear of the car and were found on the grass a few metres from the wreckage, It was immediately clear Mattia’s condition was desperate, and rescuers moved the boys downhill to waiting helicopters as fast as possible.