International football, The Brazilian radiojournalist Rafael Henzel, one of the survivors of the vliegtuigramp of Chapecoense, Tuesday, died. A heart attack during a football match with friends, it was him fatal. “Henzel was a symbol for the revival of our club”, responds the Brazilian football team.

During a voetbalpotje among friends collapsed the 45-year-old Henzel Tuesday. He was first taken to hospital, but died shortly afterwards. The ‘Chapecó’ responded on Twitter excited in the loss of the journalist. “In his career, he described the whole story of the club. He was the symbol for the revival of Chapecoense.”

november 28, 2016, crashed flight CP-2933 in Colombia on the way to Medellin. On board was the team of the Brazilian first division Chapecoense. The team would heenwedstrijd play the final of the Copa Sudamericana against Atlético Nacional. It was the first time that Chapecoense the finals of the tournament, the South American equivalent of the Europa League, had achieved.

Three players of the club survived as if by miracle, the aviation disaster to”: Helio Hermito Zampier Neto, Alan Luciano Ruschel and Jackson Ragnar Follman. In addition, a airhostesse, a crewmember and radiojournalist Rafael Henzel there with the scare from. That last did have seven broken ribs, but was determined not to get to stay. After his recovery, continued Henzel his job at the radio, and in 2017 he brought a book out about the drama. ‘Viva como se estivesse de partida’ or ‘Live as if you were going’.

the BBC told Henzel a few weeks after the crash that the passengers have not been notified of the problems and how good it felt back at home. “My dream was to return to my city (Chapecoense), and the ground beneath my feet. This is an emotional moment for me.”