Over the past five years, November 28 has made Valdécia Borges de Morais Paiva revisit the story she most wants to forget. That’s when daughters Gabriela, 10, and Lívia, 8, ask why the plane carrying their father, the steering wheel Gil, crashed.
Val, as she is called, sighs in an attempt to hold back tears. “It hurts a lot because we need to go on full of trauma, pain and uncertainty”, she says.
Gil was one of 71 victims of the crash of LaMia Flight 2933 outside Medellín, Colombia, in 2016.
Until today, no one has been arrested for the succession of errors that culminated in the tragedy after the drought. Families also did not receive insurance for the aircraft.
AON, the policy’s broker, responds that it is not its duty to pay for the policy. Tokio Marine Kiln, the main reinsurer, says the airline could not fly to Colombia, so the insurance became invalid.
“The feeling of injustice screams inside me. Five years have passed and we have no answers or punishment from those responsible. I know the size of the pain, the size of the revolt, and I feel powerless to find these answers, to hold the people responsible. guilty and prevent them from continuing to do irresponsibility with other lives”, laments Bárbara Calazans Monteiro, widow of midfielder Ananias.
Chapecoense was traveling to Medellín, at the best moment in its history, to face Atlético Nacional (COL), for the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final. On the initiative of the Colombian team, despite the initial resistance from Conmebol, the Brazilians were proclaimed champions.
Letícia Padilha, wife of goalkeeper Danilo, one of the team’s highlights, remembers in detail the week before the plane crashed.
Carolina Paschoalon, daughter of journalist and sports narrator Devair Paschoalon, known as Deva Pascovicci, gave up trying to understand the loss and clings to the memories.
Graduated in journalism, she wrote in her TCC (Course Completion Work) the biography of her father, who would narrate that decision for the Fox Sports channel.
Among reports collected by sheet, it is noticeable how the tragedy created wounds, still open, and brought, in addition to mourning, the feeling of injustice.
There is a CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) installed since November 2019 in the Senate, with the purpose of investigating the situation of family members and identifying the reasons why they did not receive compensation. It was paralyzed since the beginning of the pandemic, only to be resumed at the end of the year.
“This mourning will never go away. These dates come, I feel horrible, sad, very bad. I do everything not to fall into depression. I keep this to myself. I try to get around so I don’t get sad, but in fact all I did was to shield my daughter [Nina, de 9 anos] in that first moment. Today, she knows her father is dead. But at the time, I told him he had turned starlet and would take a while to get back. She cried and still cries for missing her father. And life became that. Try to get around and be happy,” laments Susi Ribas, widow of defender Willian Thiego.
The victims’ families have been trying to move forward. Susi returned to her hometown, Porto Alegre, and created a brand of sunglasses that bears her name. Val majored in law.
“I will use my career to help people, not only those who have gone through pain similar to mine, because I do not wish it for anyone, but I want to bring comfort to those who are injured daily and, in a way, do not have access to justice”, says the attorney.
“The process of moving forward is very complex because not only Ananias died. A father, a husband, a family died, dreams and plans died. It’s a very complex, very slow reconstruction process. I’ve been trying to rescue a lot, step by step. inside me. We go on with life because it doesn’t stop for you to heal your pains. But even today I haven’t found a new meaning in life,” says Bárbara.
At the Paschoalon family home, Rosana, Deva’s widow, and her daughters, Carolina and Mariana, meet for a session reminiscing about the narrator’s stories. A charismatic and cheerful figure, Deva was an accomplished storyteller.
“We always think that, with time, this pain will pass, but it only increases. We get very attached to the memories with my father, whether through the videos, in meetings with family members who recall his trajectory”, recalls Carolina.
The joy of the cast and coaching staff for the performance of that team on the field is what eases Letícia’s suffering. Her husband, Danilo, was one of the great names in Chapecoense. In the round of 16 of the Sudamericana, in September 2016, the goalkeeper saved four of the eight penalty kicks by Independiente (ARG)
“Despite everything that happened, the memory is of the happiness of Danilo and his friends. They were doing professionally, it was historic. All at their peak, with dreams and plans. I am grateful for having lived with him. This is the a good memory that I want to carry, even if the thoughts of sadness come,” says Letícia.
Next month, there will be a hearing in London to define the progress of the case against AON, Tokio Marine and other reinsurers. In Miami, in the United States, the Court granted the family’s claim and determined the amount of approximately R$ 4.8 billion as compensation. Insurance companies, however, managed to stop the process with a decision in the United Kingdom.
Families of dead players received compulsory insurance from CBF and Chapecoense. In total, there were 36 salaries for the athlete, but only what is in the work portfolio, not the image right.
The president of Chapecoense, Gilson Sbeghen, told the sheet that part of the current financial problems of the association is due to the search for labor agreements with the victims’ families. The club’s total debt, nowadays, is around R$ 120 million. The officer said the club wants to close the matter with all families.
Last month, Susi Ribas had a favorable decision of R$ 14 million. It is appealable. Hurt with Chapecoense —she claims to have tried a deal several times—, she is one of the widows who do not intend to go to an event at Arena Condá on Monday (29), to remember the five years of the tragedy.
“There is a pain. I gave up more than 50% of the value of my cause and with installments in more than 10 years. The directors of the club wanted to reduce it even more, as if I were starving. Now there is no more agreement.” , vents Susi.
On the field, Chapecoense is already relegated to Series B of the Brazilian Championship.
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