Nice to know, when motorcyclists tend to be stereotyped as trouble-causers by the ‘popular’ press that the tables have been officially turned.
Italy’s new hero, said by some to be the savior of Italian National pride, rides a motorbike.
Coastguard Gregorio de Falco shot to fame last Friday when he ordered the captain of the stricken liner Costa Concordia to get back on board to oversee evacuation rather than escaping in a lifeboat.
‘This is an order, ‘ de Falco told the Captain, ‘Now I am in command. You have declared the abandoning of a ship and are going to coordinate a rescue from the bridge. What do you want to do?’ Go home?’
Good work Coastguard, feller...
