Magdalena Piñera Echenique
, sister of Sebastián Piñera and one of the survivors of the accident in which the former president of
Chile
lost his life , was shocked by the tragedy and remembered the former president as
"a great man, very generous and very brave." .
The historian and executive director of the Futuro Foundation until last December thus referred to her brother in a brief contact late last night with the
Meganoticias portal.
"We just want to talk to you to give you the strength and support that many people have given you through the screens, who have communicated with us, and how important the figure of your brother has been for the country and what it means. nowadays...", the chronicler told her, while Magdalena Piñera Echenique was preparing to get into a vehicle with a small bouquet of flowers in her hands.
"He was a great man... A very generous and very brave man. Thank you very much
," returned the sister of the former president of Chile who was traveling in the Robinson 44 with the businessman and family friend Ignacio Guerrero and his son Bautista.
Seconds before the accident, the three managed to unfasten their seat belts and swim to the shore of Lake Ranco, about 900 kilometers south of Santiago.
The former president spent the southern summer vacations at his home in Bahía Coique, on the shores of Lake Ranco.
This Tuesday he had gone to eat at the nearby house of José Cox, a businessman friend of his.
Upon returning, after taking off and flying for a few minutes, he lost control of the device and fell into the water, in the municipality of Futrono.
After the work carried out by a team of divers, his body was rescued from the bottom of the lake.
Sebastián Piñera was 47 years old.
Photo: EFE
On Tuesday night, the body of the former president arrived in Valdivia, where the Legal Medical Service performed an autopsy.
Sources cited by
La Tercera
detailed that the results showed that he died from
asphyxiation due to submersion
.
At the moment
there are three hypotheses
that the Public Ministry will come up with: bad weather conditions, an erroneous maneuver resulting from poor visibility or some health problem that prevented Piñera from reaching his destination, his summer home in Bahía Coique.