Andrea M. Rosa del Pino
Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2024-21:31
Tragedy "Jump out of the helicopter": Sebastián Piñera's last decision before dying
He was 74 years old. Former president of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter accident
During the last five days, Chileans have lived a true nightmare. On February 2,
a serious fire
started in the Lago Peñuelas reserve, in the Valparaíso region and, in a matter of hours,
spread
to the city of Viña del Mar, due to high temperatures and wind.
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Former president
Sebastián Piñera
(74) decided to propose
an emergency plan
to the current president Gabriel Boric in a conversation that took place this Tuesday morning. Minutes later,
Piñera decided to leave in his helicopter,
with three members of his family, and the
intense rains
caused the ship to fall into the water and sink 40 meters. Unfortunately, Piñera was the only one who died.
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After the news, the parties have put their differences aside and have turned to
Cecilia Morel, Piñera's widow
. Even members of the current government, with an ideology contrary to that of Piñera, have also shown their respects.
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The relationship between Piñera and Morel (they married in 1973) has been questioned on several occasions, due to certain behaviors of both in public.
She scolded him in public
- like when she asked him to stop showing, for the umpteenth time, the proof of life of the 33 Atacama miners - and he pushed her
at press conferences.
Like when he hit her with his elbow, in 2017.
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For Chile, Cecilia Morel began to be a
controversial figure in 2020,
when an audio was leaked in which she indicated that the social outbreak was comparable to
"an alien invasion"
and, although it caused her sadness, now "she was going to have to
reduce her privileges
and sharing with others. Because of this, Cecilia generated
a wave of memes.
Something that Piñera experienced throughout his political life when exposing himself to curious situations.
In 2005, Piñera
was almost bitten by a sea lion
and was the victim of
multiple falls
that were documented forever. Like when he fell into the
rubble
of a house demolition and, in 2010, when he, in his own words, "rolled off a bicycle."
His family always defended him from criticism.
In fact, for his children
Magdalena
, the director of his foundation,
Cecilia
, a pediatrician,
Sebastián
, an engineer and investor, and
Cristóbal
, director of two companies, his father
was always a hero.
The four children
of the deceased politician, in addition to the widow,
will inherit the assets
of the businessman who was number 1,027 on the list of the richest men in the world. According to various financial media, the
fortune
that Piñera generated,
2.9 billion according to
Forbes
magazine
, was solely
based on his businesses,
among which the
credit card
company Bancar, the
airline
Latam, the television
network
Chilevisión and the
sports group
stand out. Blanco y Negro, which controls the well-known Colo-Colo club.