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Pope John Paul II
Crucifix Collapses, Kills Young Tourist
It's been a very sad few days in the small town of Cevo in **rthern Italy, where a 98-foot-tall
Crucifix constructed to ho**r the late
Pope John Paul II
collapsed and killed a 21-year-old
Tourist named Marco Gusmini on Thursday, just before the late
Pope is slated to be ca**nized on Sunday.
The large cross, which hung with a statue of Jesus Christ, weighed 1,320 pounds. According to the
BBC, a ground of
Young children nearby witnessed the incident
Image: CBS News
This isn't the first time something of this nature has happened. In 2004, the Associated Press reported that a 7-foot-tall metal
Crucifix in the southern Italian town of Sant'O**frio killed a 72-year-old woman.
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