The beautiful gesture of a former Vecindario player with the victims of the earthquake in Turkey

The tragedy in Turkey and Syria has mobilized the world in seeking to offer help to earthquake victims. Shipments of clothing, medicine and food have occurred in recent weeks, as well as the arrival of volunteers to the epicenter of the tragedy to help find survivors in the rubble or, in the worst case, recover the bodies of the victims. .

Among those people who have dedicated themselves to helping the victims is Mauro Icardi, an Argentine soccer player who grew up in the southeast of Gran Canaria and who began his career at UD Vecindario. The footballer published a few days ago on his Instagram the photo of Kadir, a young man rescued from the rubble who took a photograph with the doctors who saved his life performing the same gesture as the Argentine when he celebrates his goals. Icardi thanked the gesture and promised to give the young man one of his signed shirts.

In addition to his gesture with Kadir, Icardi has agreed with his club to allocate his salary to finance rescue operations in Gaziantep, the epicenter of the earthquake, and the surrounding area; where there are already more than a thousand demolished buildings. The news was announced by the president of the Turkish club, Dursun Aydin Özbek, who stated that other members of the team had also joined this solidarity initiative.