Husband who lost wife, daughter in Maldives diving tragedy insists āsomething happened down thereā as he searches for answers
A grieving Italian scientist who lost both his wife and a daughter in theĀ Maldives diving tragedyĀ insisted Friday that something wildly unexpected must have happened because his wife was too experienced a diver to have taken risks.
Carlo Sommacal raised his concerns after his wife, Monica Montefalcone, 52, and their 20-year-old daughter, Giorgia Sommacal, were among the five who failed to resurface during theĀ scuba diving tripĀ in a cave on Thursday morning.
āThe only certainty I have is that my wife is among the best divers on the face of the earth. And that sheās always been conscientious. Never would she have endangered the life of our daughterā or the others with them, SommacalĀ told La RepubblicaĀ on Friday.
The father of Maldives diving victim Giorgia Sommacal, 20, has broken his silence.Giorgia Sommacal / Instagram
āSomething must have happened down there,ā the retired scientist stated firmly. āMaybe one went into trouble, maybe the oxygen cylinders, I have no idea. But Iām ready to swear anything about Monicaās behavior,ā insisted the new widower
Monica and Giorgia were in the Maldives on an expedition with a group from the University of Genoa, where the mom was an associate professor of ecology, and her daughter a student. Two of the other three who died were part of the same uni group.
Giorgiaās mother, Monica Montefalcone, 52, also died in the tragedy.ZUMAPRESS.com
The grieving widower never suspected anything could happen, and his last message to his wife was a WhatsApp āto tell her that the cats were fine,ā he told the Italian paper.
Now, he anxiously awaits news of the recovery mission, which had to beĀ called off Friday due to āvery badā weatherĀ in the area. Officials say only the body of one diver ā Gianluca Benedetti ā has been found, correcting earlier reports it was Sommacalās wife.
Carlo Sommacal said his wife was a highly experienced diver.Network4
āYesterday they said they had found the bodies, but it is not true,ā Sommacal said. āAnd I donāt know what to think, because I would at least have them back here for the last goodbye, but I donāt know if I could bear it.ā
He unexpectedly has to ābe strongā for his son, Matthew, who is still in high school.
Sommacal said he met his wife, a renowned marine biologist, in Milan, and they only moved to Genoa because Monica told him, āI love the sea.ā
Around 20 people, all Italians, were on board the āDuke of York,ā the ship involved in the deadly dive, at the time.
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