Injury saves player from plane crash carrying Brazilian soccer team

Alejandro Martinuccio's years of aggravating injuries have given him something to be grateful for today — his life. An injury kept the forward from travelling with Brazil's Chapecoense soccer club to a match in Colombia, which saved him from the plane crash carrying the rest of his team.

from CBC | Soccer News http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/injury-saves-argentinean-footballers-life-1.3872781?cmp=rss
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