Rod in Toronto Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This is all over the news here, and the whole country is VERY sad about it - local team Chapecoense was travelling to Colombia for the first match of the finals of the Copa Sudamericana against Atletico Nacional, but the plane crashed on the way, leaving 75 dead, including the team, managers, flight crew and several TV presenters. Only a few players and a stewardess survived. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/world/americas/plane-carrying-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 It's always a horrible kind of news. Here in Italy we had a similar aircrash involving Turin in 1949 (they had just won their fifth league title in a row!) and in Europe Manchester United suffered almost the same fate in 1958 but in that case I think there were some survivors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Sad stuff SUCKS.http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/Crying%20banana.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 It's always a horrible kind of news. Here in Italy we had a similar aircrash involving Turin in 1949 (they had just won their fifth league title in a row!) and in Europe Manchester United suffered almost the same fate in 1958 but in that case I think there were some survivors. Those two accidents have been mentioned in the media coverage over here. Really sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 :( This is a terrible tragedy. I saw it this morning, about 4-5 hours ago, and I knew Brazil would be in a sad state of shock. :rose: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 How awful. My heart goes out to all their friends and families, and the survivors. Such a terrible tragedy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This is so sad. I heard it on the BBC this morning. There was something similar here in 1970; the Marshall University football team and supporters were returning from a game and their plane crashed, killing all 75 people aboard. How tragic for Brazil and the players' families and friends. :rose: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This is so sad. I heard it on the BBC this morning. There was something similar here in 1970; the Marshall University football team and supporters were returning from a game and their plane crashed, killing all 75 people aboard. How tragic for Brazil and the players' families and friends. :rose: I thought about the Marshall football team, too. I didn't know how many other people knew about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This is so sad. I heard it on the BBC this morning. There was something similar here in 1970; the Marshall University football team and supporters were returning from a game and their plane crashed, killing all 75 people aboard. How tragic for Brazil and the players' families and friends. :rose: I thought about the Marshall football team, too. I didn't know how many other people knew about that. I was pretty young but I remember because my mom being very upset; I think it was because a friend of hers had a child attending there; thankfully not on the plane. Both of these are so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 And I can't help my thoughts drifting towards Lynyrd Skynyrd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 http://imguol.com/c/esporte/63/2016/11/29/garoto-lamenta-o-acidente-com-o-time-da-chapecoense-em-homenagem-na-arena-conda-em-chapeco-1480440429678_615x300.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 http://imguol.com/c/esporte/63/2016/11/29/garoto-lamenta-o-acidente-com-o-time-da-chapecoense-em-homenagem-na-arena-conda-em-chapeco-1480440429678_615x300.png:( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 How awful. My heart goes out to all their friends and families, and the survivors. Such a terrible tragedy.-- Now, lots of people are taking personal profit of this situation and "saying what they want to say" about, which hurts more and more their feelings. I wish most authorities to stay quiet while others are suffering and try to help on something because now it's done and gone. There's no way to avoid the past and they should have thought about *Before* the accident. No one knows what really happened yet. My heart went out to everyone who belonged this situation, alive or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 http://imguol.com/c/esporte/63/2016/11/29/garoto-lamenta-o-acidente-com-o-time-da-chapecoense-em-homenagem-na-arena-conda-em-chapeco-1480440429678_615x300.png :( His dream team... :sigh: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Very sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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