The visit of an American tourist at the Colosseum in Rome took a turn for the terrifying after the man won over a fence and was left during and shouting in pain, while other visitors looked with horror, according to Italian media.
The horrible incident took place around 5 p.m. Friday, when the 47 -year -old American tried to climb on a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, probably to look closer to the historic Roman amphitheater, according to reports The messenger.
The man fell and was embarked by the closed -sophisticated metal bars. He started to shout and bleed in abundance until it became unconscious, the newspaper reported.
An ambulance rushed to the scene and the doctors found that the man had undergone a serious injury in the lower back which prevented him from moving. They administered a sedative before detaching it carefully and apply a tight bandage to the injury.
It took about 20 minutes to detach yourself and stabilize the tourist, according to Il Messaggero. He was then taken to a local hospital in critical condition. He suffered an emergency surgery and received 80 stitches to close the injury.
“It was terrible,” a tourist told the newspaper in Italian. “I saw this man impaled on a balustrade and he couldn't free himself.”
The identity of the man has not been released, but he would also be a resident of Taiwan, according to Il Messaggero. The man could not speak for several hours, but was questioned Sunday by the Italian police, the point of sale reported.
Although this could have been the bloodiest incident involving American tourists in the historic monument, it is far from being the first.
In 2015, two women from California, aged 21 and 25, were arrested for suspicion of cutting the letters “J” and “n” in a brick wall inside the coliseum, then posing for selfies in front of their work. They were aggravated damage to a building of historical interest.
In 2021, two American men, aged 24 and 25, were sentenced to a fine of around $ 900 each for penetrate the colossus Before dawn to drink beers inside.
The Colosseum dates back to 72 AD and was the largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, a place where thousands of people gathered to watch the gladiators fight. Today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and visited by millions of tourists per year.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
