The Israeli victims of the horrific cable car crash in Italy – Amit Biran, Tal Peleg-Biran, and their 2-year-old son Tom – were laid to rest in Israel Thursday morning. The funeral for great grandparents Yitzhak and Barbara Cohen, who were also killed in the accident, will be held on Friday.
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As per the family's request, no media was present at the funeral.
Eitan Biran, the lone survivor of the fatal accident that claimed 14 lives, began to awake from his coma on Tuesday. The 5-year old opened his eyes briefly but has not regained full consciousness. An aunt and other family members have been with him at the hospital.
"His recovery will take a long time and will require a lot of psychological support," one doctor at Turin's Regina Margherita children's hospital, where Eitan is hospitalized, said.
Meanwhile, the investigation into the tragedy continues. The Italian police have taken three suspects into custody – site manager Luigi Nerini, business manager Enrico Perocchio, and chief engineer Gabriele Tadini – after determining that the cable car's brake system was faulty.
District prosecutor Olimpia Bossi said that the three had known about the technical problem before the crash, alleging that they had been aware that the car was operating without brakes since April 26.
According to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Nerini tried to avoid taking responsibility by saying, "My sons also got on the cable car."
"If I had any doubt about safety on Sunday [the day the accident occured], I would have never let people get on the cable car," the site's elevator was quoted as saying.
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