Miraculous of the Crans-Montana fire, the young FC Metz player Tahirys Dos Santos gave his testimony, one month after the disaster.
A month after the disaster, he gave his testimony. Young FC Metz player Tahirys Dos Santos is one of the victims of the Crans-Montana fire in Switzerland. He was interviewed by our colleagues from Paris-Match to whom he told the nightmare that he and his girlfriend experienced that night.
“We arrived at around 12:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.”he remembers. “We went down because Coline (his girlfriend) wanted to go to the toilet. […] I went to the first floor and that’s where I saw the fire. […] I went straight to see Coline, and we ran up the stairs. Afterwards, black hole.”
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“I heard a lot of shouting, there was a crowd movement. […] My friends, I didn’t know if they were still alive. I was paralyzed. I shouted their first name and no response. […] I couldn’t feel my back.”explains the young footballer.
“I’m alive, that’s the most important thing, the physical comes second. I don’t focus too much on football. The most important thing is my rehabilitation”he concludes. First hospitalized in Stuttgart, he was then transferred to Metz to be close to his family. His girlfriend recently woke up. She who had been in a coma for 3 weeks.
