Thomas, very close to his brother, was the first of the family members to learn of Antoine’s disappearance, as indicated by Pascal Praud. He therefore had the difficult task of announcing the bad news to their parents, Yannick Alléno and Isabelle: “I don’t think I’m betraying the family by saying that I spoke with Thomas Alléno, Antoine Alléno’s older brother. It was he who was warned first, it was he who arrived at the scene of the tragedy, it was he who warned his parents.“
On his Instagram account, Thomas Alléno paid a poignant tribute to his brother by declaring all the love he had for him and by revealing a snapshot of them, a symbol of their fraternal complicity: “My brother… My love… My double… My life… I will miss you very much. Words fail me to tell you how much I love you and how proud I am of you, of the man you were… You leave a huge void behind you, I love you so much.” Yannick Alléno and all those close to Antoine had expressed their “deep sadness” in a press release. A clan more united than ever as the last farewell approaches this Friday, May 13…