Gino Strada, the creator of Emergency, passed away today at the age of 73. Emergency and her daughter Cecilia confirmed the news. “My dad is gone, friends. I am unable to respond to all of your messages that I see coming because I am in the middle of the sea and we just made a rescue. I was not with him, but of all the places I could have been, I was here with ResQ — People saving people saving lives. This is what my parents taught me.”Her Facebook message is as follows:She ends by saying, “I embrace you all, strong, I am close to you, and we feel when we can.”
