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10-year-old hailed as hero for saving Chapecoense’s Alan Ruschel

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Alan Ruschel, centre, has survived the air crash that claimed 19 of his team-mate [PHOTO: COURTESY]

A 10-year-old boy has been hailed as a hero after helping save Alan Ruschel from the wreckage of flight LMI-2933, according to the Sun.

As per reports by Efe, the young man was first on the scene when the plane smashed on it's way to the Copa Sudamericana last.

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