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Police officer saves woman about to take her own life: “You are too precious”

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Sonia Cannistraci
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Silvia Lucchetti - published on 09/19/22
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Overcome by despair, the woman wanted to end her life, but the officer managed to reach her heart.

On August 23, in San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, a 49-year-old woman threatened to take her life by suicide after being attacked by her 46-year-old partner. A young Sicilian carabiniere (member of the Italian national police force), Sonia Cannistraci, who has been on the force for four years, managed to talk her out of it.

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