The sister of Sebastián Piñera, who was traveling by helicopter with the former president of Chile, spoke: “He was a great man, courageous and generous”

Magdalena Piñera Echeniquesister of Sebastián Piñera and one of the survivors of the accident in which the former president of kiloshe was shocked by the tragedy and remembered the former president as “a great man, very generous and very courageous.”

The historian and executive director of the Futuro Foundation until last December referred to her brother in this way in a brief contact last night, late at night, with the portal Meganews.

“We just want to talk to you to give you the strength and support that so many people have given you through the screens, who have communicated with us, and how important your brother’s figure was for the country and what it means today. …”, the reporter 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 courageous man. Thank you very much”, said the sister of the former president of Chile who was traveling on the Robinson 44 with the entrepreneur and family friend Ignacio Guerrero and his son Bautista. A few seconds before the accident, the three had managed to unfasten their seat belts and swim to the shore of Lake Ranco, about 900 kilometers south of Santiago.

The former president spent his southern summer vacation at his home in Bahía Coique, on the shores of Lake Ranco. On Tuesday he had gone to eat at the nearby house of José Cox, a businessman friend. Upon returning, after taking off and flying for a few minutes, he lost control of the aircraft and fell into the water in the municipality of Futrono. After the intervention carried out by a team of divers, his body was recovered from the lakebed.

On Tuesday night, the former president’s body arrived in Valdivia, where the Forensic Medical Service performed the autopsy. Sources cited by Third They explained that the results showed that he died immersion asphyxia.

Currently There are three hypotheses for the fall of the Public Prosecutor: bad weather conditions, an incorrect maneuver due to poor visibility or some health problem that prevented Piñera from reaching his destination, his summer residence in Bahía Coique.