MILAN – It's incredible how in life you come across special stories with deep meaning. Yesterday, Thursday 8 August 2013, an almost impossible news story emerged. The story of two men, father and son who lived on their own in the Vietnamese jungle, completely cut off from civilisation for forty years. They managed to stay alive by learning how to hunt, eating grain, growing vegetables, putting together a basic shelter with bamboo and making clothes out of branches from the trees.
Their names were included in the list of those killed in the Vietnam War: Ho Van Lang and his father Ho Van Thanh are 41 and 82 respectively. After a bomb exploded in 1973, destroying their home and family, they sought refuge in the forest, hiding from the eyes of the world. All this until a few days ago, when they were spotted gathering fire wood near a village. At that point they were rescued by a group of first aiders.
In the photo which immortalised the exact moment they were rescued, you can't help but notice a rather familiar detail: when they were found one of the volunteers was wearing a blue and black striped shirt, an Inter jersey. Coincidence? Probably, but it's still nice to think that our colours were there at a time when the real winner was life itself.
And it's incredible how the Nerazzurri colours also appear in another widespread image, the picture of Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize as he fled Egypt. He was welcomed at Sana'a airport by a man wearing an Inter shirt...
