On the evening of Monday, December 18, a robbery broke out in Piazza Agostini in Milan, Italy. Attilio Fini, a 93-year-old who went out for a walk alone and was home immediately when he returned, was stopped by a strange man.
Attilio recalled
It was past five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already a little dark.
I saw a young man walking towards me. I quickly realized that he was pointing a gun at me. ”
The man with a gun threatened viciously: "Hurry up and hand over your money and watch!".”
At the critical moment, Attilio did not panic, and was even calmer than the robbers.
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Attilio was the coach of the Italian national fencing team.
Attilio was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1930.
As a sabre athlete, he has participated in several world competitions and won some competitions.
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Thereafter, he coached the Italian national fencing team for almost 30 years from the 1970s to the 1990s.
During this time, the Italian team won several Olympic medals, including gold in the men's team sabre for fencing at Munich 1972.
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But the robbers didn't know that the unarmed old man in front of him turned out to be a legendary figure in the history of Italian fencing.
Attilio wasn't going to do what the robbers said.
He was very calm and chose to fight back directly, showing the style of the game that year:
"I punched him in the face, then punched him in the hand, causing the gun in his hand to fall, and finally gave him a hard push. ”
The robber was pushed and fell between several motorcycles and was momentarily stuck.
Several young people on the side of the road quickly came over and pressed the robbers to the ground, waiting for the arrival of **.
attilio learned after calling the policeThe robber was an Algerian who was wanted in Algeria for his crimes.
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Attilio said in an interview that his rich experience in fencing helped him cope with the critical situation on the day of the incident.
The way he reacts when he faces robbers is similar to how he feels when he faces an opponent in the ring.
Fencing taught me not to be afraid.
Because if I had been scared, I might have run out of money or watches and I might have been shot.
So even at the risk, I absolutely believe I did the right thing.
Although I'm older now, my reflexes and eyesight are obviously not bad. ”
However, Attilio also admitted that although he successfully repelled the robbers, he was still "scolded" by his family when he returned.
I was not afraid.
However, my family told me that in that case, it was better to follow the robbers' demands than risk their lives for a head-on confrontation. ”
However, Attilio said that if there is a next time, he will still stick to his decision.
Maybe the family is right, but I want to say:
This is the first time I've experienced something like this and hopefully it will never happen again;But if I had another incident like this, I would do it again. ”
The 93-year-old man is really good!