Healthy boy, 9, collapses in front of his family and dies during Egypt holiday boat trip A nine-year-old boy tragically died after collapsing in front of his family as they enjoyed a boat trip on their holiday.
Lawyer Maria Virginia Maccari, who is assister the boy's parents, told Adnkronos they are now making arrangements for the family and the boy's body to return to Italy.
The family, from the Friuli town of Tricesimo near Udine in northern Italy, had travelled to Egypt on January 2 and were supposed to return to Italy on Thursday.
Mattia Cossettini, his younger brother, and their parents were three days into their break in the Egyptian resort town of Marsa Alam when the tragedy unfolded.
Mattia's father described the facility where his son was treated as "a hospital in the loosest sense of the word" as he added: "Quite a bit of time was lost before they intervened."
