A plane carrying 81 passengers crashed in the land of Columbia. The Bolivian charter airline Lamia crashed with the top Brazil National football team. The police in Medellin confirmed at least 7 people got serious injuries and survived the catastrophe.
The team went to Colombia to play in the finals of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin city team Atletico Nacional.
Some of the survivors include goalkeeper Jackson Follman, Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel and Marcos Danilo.
Ruschel who also was also attending a friends wedding before the Wednesday game found himself in the midst of death. According to His wife as She told Globo TV, "Thank God Ruschel is in the hospital. He's in a stable condition." The wife was shocked hearing the plane crash with her husband onboard.
Later today in the Hospitals in the Medellin city, two more people died in the hospitals reducing the survivors' numbers to five. This is according to Redcross data and the Colombian Police.
People across the world sent lots of condolences to the people of Brazil including the U.S President-Elect Donald Trump and Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Trump described Brazil as the football spearhead nation in America. He said, " Brazil is the only country with lots of football talent in the continent of America. Regardless of either south or North but still it's America". "My condolences goes to the Brazillian President Michel Temer and to the people of Brazil." Trump added.
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