Her whimpers saved his life to the defense of Chapecoense, Helio Hermito Zampier. When hope among the authorities was defeated and believed that there were no more survivors of the tragic air crash, the sounds of Helio Neto began to be heard. At dawn on Tuesday, rescuers were able to locate him and remove him from the area to receive medical attention.
As he related to TeleMedellín Juan David Gonzalez, one of the rescuers who attended the group of survivors, "heard were groans, not heard anyone talking or anything." They found him "in poor condition, but he was alive and could move a little." In the company of "doctors and paramedics" they took him out from under the plane's fuselage and "loaded on a stretcher", they moved him.
Thus, the 31-year-old defender became the last survivor of a tragedy that has the world of football mourning, according to information from the Fire Department. At least 71 people were killed when a plane crashed near Rionegro, Colombia, on Monday night, as confirmed by Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez. On the aircraft was the Brazilian football team Chapecoense, which would compete in the final of the Copa Sudamericana against the Colombian team Atletico Nacional.
The figures Civil Aviation gave CNN suggests that six people were rescued. There is talk of a total of 77 people traveling in the aircraft. The other rescued were Alan Ruschel, left - back player;Ximena Suárez Otterburg, flight attendant; Rafael Henzel, sports journalist and Jackson Follmann, substitute goalkeeper.
Due to climatic and geographical issues, the rescue has been very complicated. In addition to having to work in a mountainous area, authorities have faced persistent rain and thunderstorms.Besides access to the crash site can only be done by land .
However, rescuers are still working in the area and have already begun the work of body recovery and transfer of victims to Legal Medicine, as reported by the National Unit for Disaster and Risk Management of Colombia .
