American tourist reportedly impaled on Rome’s Colosseum fence as dozens watch in horror

ThetombofPopeFranciswasopenedtovisitorsatSt.MaryMajorBasilica,whereCatholicfaithfullineduptopaytheirrespectsadayafterworldleadersandhundredsofthousandsattendedthelatepontiff’sfuneral.(AP) DozensofwitnessesreportedlylookedoninhorrorasaU.S.touristvisitingRomescreamedinpainafterimpalinghimselfonametalfenceattheColosseum. Theman—a47-year-oldAmericancitizenlivinginTaiwan—wasstabbedinthespinewhileattemptingtoclimboverthehistoricmonument’sfence.Hewaspossiblyattemptingtogetabetterview,accordingtoItaliannewspaperIlMessaggero. THREETOURISTSAMONG4KILLEDAFTERITALIANCABLECARCRASHESTOTHEGROUNDNEARNAPLES FILE–Theman—a47-year-oldAmericancitizenwholivedinTaiwan—was impaledbyametalfenceattheColosseum,accordingtoalocalnewspaperinRome.(ArtMedia/PrintCollector/GettyImages) Bystanderswhosawthehorrificeventcalledforhelpasthetourist,stuckonthefence,screameduntilhelostconsciousness.Lawenforcementa