Nail avalanche in Calgary, Canadacaused it the death of two Argentinians Thursday driving through a remote area of ​​Kicking Horse Ski Resort. Manuel Saenzof La Plata, and Jerome Reginade Lobos, the fatal victims of the avalanche, were part of a group of six people who had decided to take a engine at home. The case generated an impact in the last hours.

Juan-Manuel Saenzhailing from the city of La Plata from City Bell, I lived for a while in Chile. He had completed his secondary studies at the “Roberto Themis Speroni” Institute, and was architect graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the National University of La Plata, according to the site 0221.

Settled for some time in Chile, he was a leadership coach in a company in the Andean country. “Manu”, as they called him, was much loved by his peers and students. Nataly Hernández Poblete, a Chilean friend who attended his classes, remembered him with moving words during a testimonial she offered to TN.

Poblete stressed that the death “hit them very hard”. “On social media, he uploaded photos where you could see everything he was doing in relation to sport. From what I understand, he was away on vacation with his wife, he got married a few months agoand he wanted to be able to ski in Canada,” he said.

Many of the people who knew Sáenz met on Sunday in his memory in Santiago Araucan Park. Hernández Poblete broadcast the event in their networks. “Today we are in mourning, but we will pay you a tremendous tribute,” said the leaflet shared on the networks.

Hernández Poblete, singer and dedicated event producer, added a second post in tribute to Sáenz on Instagram. “Today we honor your life for being an exceptional man. These were very hard, painful days… between denial and the obligation to accept your departure, my dear Manu. But as you always told me: if not today, when? If not you, who?” he wrote.

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And to add: “There is no point in pausing and realizing what you should change if you do not accompany it with committed action. Today I will sing to you with my tight heart…but I will sing because you always believed in me. I will love you forever and honor your memory my dear Manuel Sáenz. Trainer, teacher, friend, brother…”.

Jerome Regina was the other dead in the avalanche outside Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Originally from Lobos, the news of his death deeply affected this city of Buenos Aires.

Regina was a businessman appreciated by the community, which had stood out years ago as football player in different football teams lobense leaguedepending on the website infowolves.

He had also served in the athletic wolf club, who fired him a few days ago. “See you soon, champ. Our condolences to the family of Jero Regina, died in the last hours. Red and black for life. We will meet again Carpa, ”wrote the institution.

According to the local press, Jerónimo was the son of Buby Regina and schoolteacher Eleonora Raschia. Skiing was one of the sports that fascinated him. At the time of the avalanche, He was with his friend Carlos Rangone, also from Lobo.as part of the total group of six.

The survivor

When the avalanche happened, Regina and Sáenz were with Joshua Alonsoof three streamswho was able to survive the snowfall because his head was not covered. The avalanche did not affect the remaining three members.

Alonso was admitted to a Calgary clinic, from where he testified before The people’s voice, local media in his city. “There were six of us in one part, we jumped in and a very big avalanche 100 meters wide came off and took three of us away,” he said.

As reconstructed by the survivor, now admitted to the Canadian clinic, the snow took them over jumps of rocks and trees. Thus, Alonso, Regina and Sáenz died on the spot, while he was saved because his head had been left out of the snow.

“He had been left with his body under the snow and his head outside. He had the safety device which is for avalanches, which emits waves so that they can find us.“, he recounted, and continued: “Thank God I had this and they were able to follow me. They dug me up, my right leg is quite broken, tibia and fibula in three parts, my ankle is broken in several parts and the pelvis too, they activated all the rescue systems by helicopter and took me to the clinic “.

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