The Italian scientific and cultural expedition “ProgettoMediterranea”, which had set sail on May 17 last year from San Benedetto del Tronto, is now supporting the candidacy of Italian Navy and the Corps of Harbour Masters and Coast Guard for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Indeed, as 200,000 people escaping certain death had been rescued by the Italian military Mare Nostrum search-and-rescue operation and now in the framework of European Triton operation for monitoring Schengen external borders, the help of the Italian Coast Guard and Navy has been considered crucial in order to save life in high seas, under the most ancient ritual of the beautiful human law of the sea. As Simone Perotti, founder of the association said, “a man in trouble must be saved, a simple century-old law, that unites any seaman, any sailor, any cabin boy, any commander. Commanders take decisions and men act every day to prevent men, women, children to drown with all their dreams, hopes, passions and fears. They often report stories and testimonies of abuses of power, violence and wars, and thanks to their survival we get to know them. Human beings and affairs that other human beings give back to life.”
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