Togo bus attack goalkeeper: 'I'm not afraid of dying any more'

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http://www.lionsshopnfl.com/Authentic-Ameer-Abdullah-Jersey Six years ago, on 8 January 2010, Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale found himself in a sudden death situation.
Not in a penalty shootout, but in a bus, in the dark of night, in the disputed Angolan enclave of Cabinda.
Obilale and his Togo team-mates were en route to the Africa Cup of Nations when the bus was ambushed by armed gunmen.
In a horrific attack that shocked the world of football, three people were killed and seven were injured, including Obilale, who was shot twice.
His spine, intestines, liver and bladder were all damaged.
For several hours, it was reported that Obilale, too, had been killed.
But six years, eight operations and countless physiotherapy sessions later, Obilale is very much alive and, miraculously, still kicking.
'My life has changed'

Johnny Manziel Womens Jersey The 31-year-old, who played five times for Togo, is back in the French town of Lorient, Brittany, where he played his club football.
He works as a special needs instructor for Remise en Jeu, an organisation that helps young people with social, mental and physical problems get their life back on track through the medium of football.
"Today, my life has changed," he told me. "Mentally I feel fine and when the mind is OK, the body normally follows suit.
"I'm working and the fact my mind is busy means I can leave lots of things behind and move forward."
These days, Obilale still needs crutches to move forward, but he no longer uses a wheelchair.
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He uses the crutches to direct his coaching sessions, tapping them furiously to get the attention of the kids he looks after. It's quite a sight.
'I felt there was a connection'

The shooting itself happened a few miles into Cabinda from the border with Congo Brazzaville.
http://www.bearsofficialnflprostore.com/Authentic-Alan-Ball-Jersey The Togo team were travelling to their training base a few days before their first match of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations against Ghana.