Plane crash survivor lifts trophy after soccer title
SAO PAULO — Tragedyhit Chapecoense captured Brazil’s second division title with defender Alan Ruschel, a survivor of the team’s plane crash in 2016 which killed 19 players, lifting the trophy.
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