That's how survivors of the Chapecoense flight live two years later | Other football leagues

November 28 marks the two-year tragic plane crash that suffered the Brazilian team at Chapecoense as it prepared to travel to Medellin to compete in the Copa finals. Sudamericana against Nacional. A fatal event that claimed the lives of 71 people when LaMia company plane crashed in Cerro Gordo, a mountainous area of ​​Antioquia, due to lack of fuel and airframe. 39, excess weight.

Of this lamentable fact, only six people survived: three footballers, a journalist, a flight attendant and an aircraft mechanic. After a process of physical and psychological recovery, they tried to get on with their lives at best and many of them took up the activities they had done before the event.

Jackson Follmann:

After the plane crash, the 24-year-old goalkeeper had to be amputated from the right leg and his left ankle removed surgically. Because of this situation, he was forced to leave his professional career, but he never gave up his desire to stay abad of sports activity. Follmann continues to train and prepare physically for Paralympic football.

Since February 2017, he begins to work his body to get used to the prosthesis resting on his right leg. He has always been an example of going beyond and has approached this stage of his life with positivism and enthusiasm. He currently shares with his family and is an ambbadador for the Chapecoense Football Association.

Helio Neto:

The central defender had a complicated recovery phase after undergoing delicate surgery and left behind a critical illness that had threatened him with death. His recovery is considered a miracle. In January 2017, he managed to walk alone and the hope of playing football became possible.

Although he has not managed to participate in official matches, he has added minutes in several friendly matches. While reaching the desired level to resume his athletic career, he continues to train with perseverance and dedication. In addition, life gave him a wonderful opportunity to continue sharing with his family, to whom he spends a lot of time.

Alan Ruschel:

He was one of the first to be rescued and had to face two delicate spine surgeries that put him at risk of becoming a paraplegic. But over time, he managed to recover and his body badimilated these operations in the best way, to such an extent that he took up the motions motions in each of its ends.

Ruschel is the only one to have managed to return to the field and play professionally until now. He had the opportunity to play seven matches of this Brazilian football season. His two other colleagues and himself were applauded at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, ​​after playing the Joan Gamper tournament, an event in which he had his first football minutes after the accident.

Rafael Henzel:

The journalist and reporter traveled with 20 other colleagues and was the only surviving member of the guild. After what happened and his physical and mental recovery, he managed to continue his work and currently belongs to Radio West Capital as an announcer. In addition, he also offers lectures and lectures where he tells his experience to people.

Ximena Suárez:

One of the hostesses who was part of LaMia society and who also managed to survive the tragic plane crash. He was the last person to leave the hospital and the country, after his return, had to deal with a long and complicated psychological process. Their difficult experience has kept them away from their profession and is now dedicated to modeling.

Erwin Tumiri:

He was the survivor who had suffered the least serious injuries, his physical recovery was less durable. Currently, he continues to practice his profession of aviation mechanic in Bolivia and, despite the accident, he is still preparing to become a commercial pilot in his country.