Emotional Sibusiso Vilane breaks down as he recalls Gugu Zulu tragedy
"I do feel like I have eaten a human‚" an emotional Trek4Mandela expedition leader Sibusiso Vilane said on Wednesday evening.Vilane broke down as he spoke of how racing driver Gugu Zulu died while trying to summit Mount Kilimanjaro on Monday. He was addressing a briefing at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport on the team's return to South Africa from Tanzania.Vilane said before he took the team on the expedition‚ he jokingly told them he was Simba‚ the lion‚ but he did not eat humans.However‚ he felt that Zulu's death made him feel like he ate a human."I do feel like I've eaten a human."I'm very disappointed to say that I did not deliver to that promise (to bring all trekkers back to South Africa safe and alive)‚" Vilane said‚ breaking down."I'm very sorry‚ with the deepest of my heart."It was not meant to be like this."Vilane said he did not see any signs of serious illness from Zulu.He said he would not have allowed Zulu to continue climbing the mountain if he had felt h...
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