20 years ago, ex-national football star Manfred “Mani” Braschler died

She guesses right away. When Sandra Braschler entered her house in Goldach in St. Gallen on the evening of July 31, 2002, she sensed that something was strange. Two hours earlier she had spoken to Mani on the phone. Everything seemed to be the same as always. But now that she opens the door and it starts raining outside at the same time, she feels queasy. She calls for him, but gets no answer. So she walks over to the garage where her husband often works. She comes around the corner in quick steps. And then she sees him dangling from the rope right in front of her. On the ground a small, overturned ladder.

Manfred Braschler, whom everyone just called Mani, hung himself that Wednesday at the age of just 43. The life of the former sunny boy of Swiss football ends tragically. The question of why torments relatives and friends to this day.

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