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“pineapple He was a good driver, I never heard anyone say otherwise.“, he told EFE Henry Evansa lawyer close to the two-time president of Pepperwho died yesterday when the helicopter he was driving sank in the waters of Ranco Lake800 kilometers south of Santiago.
Ten years ago, Evans himself suffered an accident with his ultralight Challengera device that does not exceed 160 kilos and that fell close to Villarricaabout 200 kilometers north of where the accident occurred in which Piñera died this Tuesday and the other three people traveling with him were saved, including his sister. Scone.
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“I had the opportunity to get to know the former president in several aspects. He was a person who left no one indifferent.“, remembers Evans, who for years has presented the program “Historias del Futuro” on El Conquistador radio, where he talks about the great challenges of Pepper in a global world.
On February 13, 2014, the day of the accident with his ultralight, Evans was being transferred by ambulance from Villarrica Hospital The Temuco German Clinicthe capital of Araucania, to undergo a tomography examination. Suddenly, his cell phone rang: “Hello! The boss speaks!“Piñera told him, showing his peculiar sense of humor.
“What do you think about flying with ‘puelche’, Weon?“, he reprimanded him affectionately. Indeed, that day a hot wind was blowing, generally strong and often unpredictable, which the residents of southern Chile who live in areas close to the lakes know so well.
“The runway windshield was fifteen degrees lower than yesterday and I went out to fly yesterday in that wind“, the abused journalist who likes ultralights apologized as best he could.
“Every time I talked to him (about the accident), debate and mutual irony arose. I felt like I was taking an exam; I had to be very attentive,” Evans told EFE.
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Upon learning of his lawyer’s accident, Piñera called the Aeronautics Directoratewhere he was told that his friend had not pointed the nose of the plane into the wind.
“I mean, he knew more than me!”, says Evans, who to this day does not remember the moments before the accident. “Neurologists say that when you experience a very shocking situation, you erase the previous moments.“, Explain.
“In other words, the President of the Republic called a boy who had crashed in a small plane in the south and had also contacted the Aeronautics Directorate, where they told him that he had not died.“, recalls Evans and adds:”He was a special character”.
As a pilot, “Sebastian Piñera He was very strict, very careful, something that suits me more with his way of being.”, he comments.
Although yesterday’s weather conditions in the area of Ranco Lake They were unfavorable, there was no wind, just intense rain, but climate change was also felt in that area of southern Chile.
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“Fifteen or twenty years ago it was possible to arrive on January 12th and spend five or ten days in a row with rain all day and all night. Now, when it seems clear, the probability that it will be like this all day is much greater than before”.
The fact that the former president’s body was found outside the helicopter, says the lawyer, may be due to the fact that until the last moment he fought to reach the surface of the lake.
“I hope he lost consciousness before so he didn’t suffer”, he comments enthusiastically.
Source: Elcomercio
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