
They say that Italian nonnas go to great lengths to provide the best food for their family. None so much as 89-year-old Giuseppina Bardelli who trekked through the woods in the mountains near her home in the Italian village of Monterecchio to hunt for mushrooms.
She was with her 57-year-old son, Sergio, when she became separated from him and fell into a gully, breaking ribs and perforating her lung.