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Tragedy in Italian basketball. Haitem Jabeur Fathallah He died this Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the match played by his team, the Fortitudo Messina, and the Pierre Reggio within the third division championship, the C series. The 32-year-old professional collapsed on the same track where the crash was taking place and fainted in front of the entire pavilion. He was immediately transferred to a hospital, but could not survive.
The Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) reported on what happened: “IFJ President Giovanni Petrucci, on a personal level and interpreting the emotions of Italian basketball, embraces incredulous and shares the condolences of the Fathallah family for the death of Haitem, Fortitudo Messina player during the match of Series C Gold against Pierre RC “. The game was immediately interrupted and the player was taken urgently, but they could not help him.
It all happened in the third quarter, when the public and the entire venue went numb when they saw Fathallah fall to the ground. After the collapse, some doctors also intervened who came to the game from the stands and tried in vain to revive the player. The doctors, after realizing the seriousness of the situation, requested the intervention of an ambulance equipped for resuscitation. According to ANSA Agency, the professional was always unconscious.
Fathallah had more than 250 appearances in high-level basketball leagues. Born in Agrigento, after playing with Porto Empedocle, Racalmuto and Licata, arrived in Messina in the season 2016/2017. The native of Sicily He was well known in this category, where he had a long history and was highly respected by his rivals. The division and all of Italian basketball are dismayed.
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