Ronny Turiaf ,” a Zags legend has narrowly escape death after the plane he boarded from Lisbon to Paris hit a bird which triggered a ”red code” alert resulting in emergency……

 Ronny Turiaf ,” a Zags legend has narrowly escape death after the plane he boarded from Lisbon to Paris hit a bird which triggered a ”red code” alert resulting in emergency……

After being drafted 37th overall in the second round by the LA Lakers in 2005 Turiaf was handed some news that would end up shaping his whole life – and put his career in danger before it had even begun.

The Gonzaga graduate was told he would need open heart surgery after doctors found an enlarged aortic root in his heart or he would never be able to play basketball again. It wasn’t the first curveball that I’ve been dealt but it was a big one and it was at a time when everything was in limbo a little bit,” Turiaf told the Express.