Swapping seat saves Ruschel

AFP, SAO PAULO: Alan Ruschel, a defender with Brazil’s Chapecoense football club who miraculously survived the plane crash which wiped out most of the team last month, says a seat swap saved his life. 
Crying in his first press conference since last month’s disaster, Ruschel said Saturday he would do “everything” to get back on the pitch when he has recovered from his injuries.
The left back was one of just six people to emerge alive from the airliner that slammed November 28 into a mountainside near Medellin, Colombia, where the side had been due to play the final of the Copa Sudamericana regional tournament.
Ruschel, 27, said a twist of fate made the difference: a request from club director Cadu Gaucho to change seats and move further up the aircraft.

Swapping seat saves Ruschel

AFP, SAO PAULO: Alan Ruschel, a defender with Brazils Chapecoense football club who miraculously survived the plane crash which wiped out most of the team last month, says a seat swap saved his life. Crying in his first press conference since last months disaster, Ruschel said Saturday he would do everything to get back on the pitch when he has recovered from his injuries. The left back was one of just six people to emerge alive from the airliner that slammed November 28 into a mountainside near Medellin, Colombia, where the side had been due to play the final of the Copa Sudamericana regional tournament. Ruschel, 27, said a twist of fate made the difference: a request from club director Cadu Gaucho to change seats and move further up the aircraft.