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sport">Chapecoense became world news in 2016 when the plane containing the selection crashed over Colombia. The team was to play the final of the Copa Sudamericana tournament there. Only three football players, two crew members and a journalist survived the crash. With help from all over the world, the selection was rebuilt, so with success.
sport">Tumiri was one of the lucky ones at the time. “I put my luggage between my legs and then I sat in a fetal position,” the 30-year-old Brazilian explained his happiness.
Erwin Tumiri after the plane crash in 2016.
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Washing machine
sport">This week he could count on that again. Tumiri was one of the occupants of a bus that collapsed into an abyss near the Bolivian city of Cochabamba about 150 meters from a mountain wall. The death toll currently stands at 21 and more than 30 passengers were injured, including Tumiri.
sport">“I felt that I was dozing off with music in my ears when I suddenly heard people screaming,” said the Brazilian from his bed in the hospital. “All I can do was hold on tight to the chair in front of me. I felt the bus tip over. I leaned against the window so that I could move as little as possible. ”
sport">According to Tumiri, he said he was ‘in a washing machine’. “We just kept spinning. There were people who hadn’t clung to and flew through the bus. I have always remained conscious and crawled out of the vehicle when we came to a stop. I still can’t comprehend what happened. I have pain in my arm, which I cannot lift yet. I also have a wound on my knee, but that’s it. Things happen for a reason, I guess. Both good and bad. ”
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