Saturday, February 25, 2017

Colombian bar pays homage to soccer players killed in crash (The Associated Press)

It's just like many little sports bars around the world: Photos of members of a favorite team line the walls, young men smiling proudly in their uniforms. All but three of the photos are in somber black and white, honoring players who died when a charter plane went down near Medellin on Nov. 28, wiping out nearly the entire Chapecoense team from Brazil. The owners serve food on napkins with the team's name and hand out keychains with Chapecoense's green-and-white logo while games featuring teams from around the world play in the background.

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