It is a tragedy that remains anchored in the memories and even more than seven years after the events, the pain remains present for the families of the victims. On March 9, 2015, while she was filming TF1, dropped, Camille Muffat is the victim of a terrible helicopter accident. A crash in which 10 people lost their lives, including Florence Arthaud and Alexis Vastine. On October 28, we celebrate the very sad birthday of the young French swimmer, a real shooting star in her sport. Olympic champion in 2012 at the London Olympics, she decided to retire at just 24 years old, just under a year before her death.
Quite discreet about her private life, Camille Muffat was in a relationship with William Forgues, a former swimmer, just like her. The couple was happy and had plans for the future, but everything came to an end when the tragic accident happened. A few days after the death of his half, the young man was kind enough to grant an interview to our colleagues from Nice morning. He gave the details of this night of horror where he learned of the death of his companion. After a dinner with friends, he receives a phone call that will change his life: “It was his agent Sophie Kamoun who called meshe had had the production. She called me in tears.”
I took the car to find them. They didn’t know. I let you imagine the scene
Inevitably in shock, William Forgues will still have to live through very complicated times, since he had the heavy burden of announcing the death of Camille to his parents. “What was super complicated is thatwe couldn’t reach his parents. So I took the car to find them. They didn’t know. I let you imagine the scene”he said, before detailing this nightmarish evening: “It’s 1:30 in the morning, we ring people’s houses and teach them that. (…) I will remember it. It was terrible. We then stayed between us and Sophie Kamoun joined us. It’s not easy to express yourself. And it’s going to be hard for a long time.”
Camille Muffat would have been 33 today and it is certain that William Forgues, like the swimmer’s family, must have emotional thoughts on this symbolic day.