The mother of Jean Paul Sofia, Isabelle Bonnici, promised her son that his death will never be in vain, two years after he died in a construction site collapse at the Corradino Industrial Estate in December of 2022.

3 December marks the tragic day when a three-storey building the young 20-year-old had been working on collapsed as construction works were ongoing.

Five other workers were pulled out alive from the rubble soon after, but Sofia's lifeless body was found 14 hours later by rescuers from the Civil Protection Department. Five were charged with the involuntary homicide of Sofia.

A public inquiry into his death found the Maltese State responsible for oversight failures, as the report flagged multiple failings in various state authorities.

In a post on Facebook on Monday night, Bonnici said that Jean Paul was "a beautiful young man, both inside and out, always smiling, full of love, and with a heart of gold."

"He loved life and wanted to live... but all of you, with blood-stained hands, didn't allow him to enjoy life and extinguished his smile forever!" Bonnici said.

Bonnici said that two years ago, she would not have imagined that in just a few hours, her life would be buried along her son's under a building "filled with greed for money, a lack of accountability, discipline, and responsibility, as well as the corruption that has plagued our country for so long."

She said she felt certain he was proud of her for continuing to live by the values with which she raised him.

"I fight against injustices and do my best to work towards a safer Malta so that no more parents have to go through this eternal valley of tears," Bonnici said.

She promised him that his death will never be in vain, and if her love could have saved him, he would have lived forever.

Bonnici has long fought and campaigned for stronger safety standards in the construction industry, and had fought for the public inquiry into her son's death to be carried out. Eventually, the government accepted.

Around two weeks ago, Bonnici also said she is calling for the urgent adoption of the Jean Paul Sofia Law, a proposed measure that would mandate the online publication of the results of all magisterial inquiries into unnatural deaths.

The law aims to ensure transparency and prevent other families from facing the same prolonged pain and uncertainty that she has endured.