Diego Costa saved lives on a jet ski

Affected by torrential rains in recent days, the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, is still seeing its human toll increase. To date, more than 37 deaths and 74 missing have been recorded. But the solidarity is total. This Saturday, the Brazilian press reveals that former Atlético de Madrid player Diego Costa has taken his courage in both hands. The striker from Grêmio, a club from the devastated region, loaded his jeep with a jet ski to try to help several hundred victims.

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Videos featuring the Brazilian with four friends have surfaced on social networks in recent hours. “My neighborhood in Eldorado is underwater. It was midday and Diego Costa arrived and asked what we needed. People said we had to get families out of the house. It didn’t take half an hour before he sent his men with four jet skis to retrieve the families from underwater.said a resident, as reported Globo Esporte.