- Title: GERMANY: SOCCER - Germany's soccer squad arrive for Enke's memorial service
- Date: 16th November 2009
- Summary: CLOUDS ABOVE FANS CLAPPING EMERGENCY WORKERS STANDING BY FANS IN SILENCE NATIONAL SQUAD STANDING UP FANS STANDING UP
- Embargoed: 1st December 2009 12:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA373TAHFPGS1900P6YSIV7TNGM
- Story Text: The German national soccer squad are among VIPs from German sports and politics arriving for Robert Enke's memorial service.
Well-known personalities from German sports and politics arrived for the memorial service for late German national keeper Robert Enke at Hanover stadium on Sunday (November 15) where they were to pay their last respects to him.
Among them where the German national soccer squad, former Germany coach and soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer and Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere. They were to bid farewell to Enke together with tens of thousands of fans who had flocked to the stadium, lining up since the early hours of morning.
Enke, who committed suicide by jumping in front of an express train last Tuesday (November 10), had long suffered from depression and fears of failure. The 32-year-old Enke was hit by a train travelling at 160 kph as it passed through a crossing near Hanover on its route between Hamburg and Bremen.
Enke is survived by his wife Teresa and an adopted eight-month-old daughter.
All the players and coaches attended the memorial service in Hanover stadium. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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