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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		The Torino air disaster
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:09:02
	Publish Date:		2016-05-14 03:00:00
	Description:		In May 1949, a plane carrying the Torino football team crashed into a mountain near Turin killing 31 people. At the time, "Il Grande Torino" were the dominant team in Italy and Europe, but the club never really recovered from an accident that killed almost the entire squad. Nick Marsh meets Carla Maroso,the widow of one of the Torino players, and life-long Torino fan Gianpaolo Oremezzano. PHOTO: A commemorative postcard for the Torino players (AP)
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