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ZASA Magazine — It was 25 years ago, I remember as a 10-year-old feeling this gripping depressed mood sweeping through the nation as news confirmation of the plane going down trickled in. My parents, uncles and aunts were glued to the TV and the more visuals came in, the more we saw the adults go from depression to anger and confusion to despair. The hopes of the nation had been dashed in one cruel turn of fate as a team that was destined for greatness was wiped out. This would have been the end of the road for many but Zambia refused to be that. A team arose from the ashes to push to the final the following year only to be halted by Nigeria. 18 years later the Zambian national team was lifting the cup that was ripped from our hands 7kms from the site of the deadly crash. This new team had, a day earlier, been taken to the crash site to pay respects by a man who with a few defiant men and women had decided Zambian football would not fade into obscurity. With the 2018 World Cup just days away, it is fit