The same goes for the survivors of the Chapecoense tragedy two years after the accident – eju.tv

There were six survivors of this episode among those who survived three footballers, a family member, one of the air hostesses and the mechanic . After months of recovery, they managed to resume their lives as best as possible.

As for football, el Chapecoense who won the Copa Sudamericana in 2016 thanks to the noble gesture of the Atlético Nacional to give him the title (the Brazilian team was going to Medellin to play the first match of the final) today is located in the lower part of the Brasileirao table and is fighting not to go down.

Alan Ruschel was the first survivor to be saved from this terrifying scene. He was transferred to the hospital where he underwent two spinal surgeries and is at risk of becoming paraplegic.

In August 2017, he and his two companions were applauded throughout Camp Nou after playing the Joan Gamper Trophy, the first Once, I played a few minutes on the field after the accident. Ruschel was the only one who could play professionally again until now. Although he played only seven games in 2018, he managed to complete the 90 minutes (against EC Vitoria and San Pablo).

The central defender Helio Neto was the last. by being saved. He was in critical condition and underwent various operations. In January 2017, he managed to walk alone and received hopeful news: his football career could still be maintained.

It was thought that he would be the first surviving player to return to the field, but he did not have one yet. made. Hélio Zampier, central defender and aged 33, has not yet returned formally (he did so in friendly matches). Today, he enjoys his life with his wife and children and continues to work for his return.

Jackson Follmann is the example of the life and the resolution of this tragic episode. It was a promising guardian who was only 24 when that happened. Finally, and despite all his expectations, he had to give up his professional career after the accident, he had to be amputated from the right leg and operated from the left ankle.

In February 2017, he began his new life with his prosthesis. "I will try to familiarize myself with my new body and hope to adapt quickly, and who knows if he can compete in the Paralympic Games in a few years," said the Brazilian, who is not sure what to do. has never given up and has always sought to see the positive side of things. Follmann became ambbadador of the Chapecoense Football Association and shares his daily life on social networks

The journalist and reporter Rafael Henzel flew with the intention of saying it to the # 39; team. his life, with 20 other colleagues. He spent a month at the hospital in Medellín until he returned to Chapecó. Today, he continues to practice his profession at Radio Oeste Capital as an announcer, in addition to telling the games of the Brazilian team and giving lectures on what s & # 39; s. 39 is pbaded.

The air hostess LaMia was the last to leave the hospital in Colombia. Ximena Suárez is among those who have suffered the most psychological damage, to the point of not being able to exercise his main profession, devoting himself exclusively to modeling, as he shows in his social networks.

Erwin Tumiri, the aircraft mechanic who suffered the least physical injury, continues to work on everything related to the aeronautics and continues to improve to become a commercial pilot in Bolivia, city of origin of the company LaMia.