Marc Lièvremont came very close to death and the former coach of the French XV, who led the Blues to the 2011 World Cup final against New Zealand, returned to the accident which could have cost him his life. Monday November 11, while in Reunion, Lièvremont went paragliding. Except that this activity almost turned into a tragedy for the former coach of the Blues. He was urgently rescued by the police during this outing in the sky over Reunion Island. In shock, Lièvremont confided and his story sent shivers down the spine.
Lièvremont narrowly escapes death
The former coach of the XV of France spoke to Le Parisien. And the former third row was very shaken, having sailed too close to a wall decorated with vegetation. His machine got stuck on a tree. “I found myself perched above the void, 500 m above the ground. I was hanging on a small branch at the top of a twenty meter high tree without being able to do anything. I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. I was very scared. The branch could break at any time. I was stuck. I stayed like that for almost three hours. Two gendarmes abseiled and we climbed back up“, confided Lièvremont, who wanted to thank these rescuers”Who [l]saved“. And the former coach especially confided that he knows how lucky he is not to be dead, declaring: “I was very lucky. It's exceptional to be here, alive. I could have ripped myself open on the tree, rolled down the slope, crashed. I have almost nothing, just a few scratches.“An accident which risks scarring him for a long time.
To summarize
Marc Lièvremont came very close to death and the former coach of the French XV, who led the Blues to the 2011 World Cup final against New Zealand, returned to the accident which could have cost him his life. Monday November 11, while in Reunion, Lièvremont went paragliding.
