Zambia marks 26th Gabon Disaster Anniversary

This Sunday marked the 26th anniversary of the 1993 Gabon disaster that claimed the National Soccer Team. 

Several people flocked to the Heroes Ace located outside the Independence stadium in Lusaka to pay homage to the heroes. 

18 players, technical staff, a FAZ chairman, crew members and a journalist were killed when the Zambian Air Force Plane exploded after take-off in Libreville killing everyone on board. The team was on its way to Dakar Senegal to fulfil a 1993 USA FIFA World Cup Fixture

Soccer Icon Kalusha Bwalya tweeted “26 years ago I lost my teammates, brothers and family. Their memory will never die in my heart. You continue to inspire many Zambian & African football generations.”