Chapecoense were due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin team Atletico Nacional.
I can't hyperlink because I'm on my phone, but there's an incredibly sad photo making rounds on Twitter of the 2 players on the team that didn't take the flight, waiting in the locker room for their teammates.
the report with may have survived listed next to actual names. Talk about possibly giving someone false hope, possibly is not something you want written next to an actual name..
The 75 sounds like a more realistic number.
apparently out of the 6 survivors, 4 were soccer players.
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I can't hyperlink because I'm on my phone, but there's an incredibly sad photo making rounds on Twitter of the 2 players on the team that didn't take the flight, waiting in the locker room for their teammates.
Horrible. He had the worst luck, hopefully he wasn't conscious.
Was it the US figure skating team heading to a WC meet in Belgium that crashed in the late '50s or early '60s, killing all aboard?
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