A boy, his face drenched with blood, was finally rescued by paramilitaries from the ruins, a dozen of hours after the earthquake. Seemed that his left arm was broken. A soldier carefully splinted and bandaged him. Then he fed the boy with some mineral water. The kid was placed on a blue wooden board and to be transferred to the medical care. At that very moment, the little kid slowly, slowly raised his weak but yet mobile right hand. To the amazement of the troops, the boy saluted the rescuers.