He was given as dead in the Elevador da Glória accident: one year later, he tells for the first time what he lived through

Almost a year after the Elevador da Glória tragedy in Lisbon, which killed 16 people, one of the victims breaks the silence for the first time to tell how he survived the accident. The man, who was mistakenly given up as dead, was unconscious and admitted to a hospital in the Portuguese capital, while his family, who lived in Germany, received the false news of his death.

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