"Rodolfo Franguelli, 61, was climbing roped together with two companions when they heard a group ahead of them call for help. A group of three French ski mountaineers encountered trouble when one of their party, 40-year-old Théo Jules Louis Mancini, fell into a crevasse. Franguelli and fellow climber Daniele Pietro, 38, rushed to assist in the rescue."
"As they attempted to help, a snow bridge beneath them collapsed. Both men plunged into the crevasse, falling approximately 30 meters (100 feet) into the glacier. Two climbers-Pietro and Mancini-were successfully extracted from the crevasse and airlifted to Parini Hospital in Aosta, where they were treated for hypothermia and trauma."
"Franguelli, however, remains trapped deep within the ice. Rescuers said he is lodged between vertical ice walls roughly 30 meters (100 feet) below the surface. Officials indicated he showed no response following the fall. Efforts to recover him were suspended Saturday evening due to extreme conditions."
On February 28, a rescue attempt on Monte Rosa in the Alps turned tragic when a snow bridge collapsed beneath two climbers. Rodolfo Franguelli, 61, and Daniele Pietro, 38, were assisting a French ski mountaineer who had fallen into a crevasse when they plunged approximately 30 meters into the glacier themselves. Emergency responders successfully extracted Pietro and the French climber, Théo Jules Louis Mancini, treating them for hypothermia and trauma at Parini Hospital. Franguelli remains trapped between vertical ice walls deep within the crevasse with no signs of response. Rescue efforts were suspended due to extreme conditions, with officials indicating he is presumed dead.
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