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#5 Fallen Heroes - Zambian National team - April 27, 1993.
Travelling for a FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Senegal in Dakar, the aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from Gabon. All the 25 passengers and crew members were killed in the air-crash. The team was eyeing a maiden entry to the World Cup and also had their eyes firmly set on the African Cup of Nations but the dreams withered away tragically overnight.
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African nations as a whole stood in solidarity and remembered the Zambian heroes with tributes flowing from everywhere and just in that spirit, Zambia never gave up and with a new side lead by captain Kalisha Bwalya, the team defied the odds to reach the finals of the African Cup of Nations to only lose to Nigeria.
In a beautiful moment of 2012, Zambia won the African Cup of Nations within metres of the crash site and dedicated the victory to the fallen heroes of 1993. Gone but never forgotten.
