His eyes were red, but Retin Obasohan didn't crack.

Terrorists attacked his home Tuesday, yet the former Alabama basketball player didn't bring a message of anger. The Belgian native wasn't calling for retribution in the hours after more than 30 were killed in the airport and subway 30 minutes from home.

"I keep preaching love," Obasohan said at the podium of a news conference uncommon for this media room in Coleman Coliseum. "Love is probably your greatest weapon, more than anything. It's hard to hurt anybody that loves you."

The popular fifth-year senior just completed his final season at Alabama. A 17.6-point average helped him to the All-SEC first team. Tuesday morning, however, he was like any other college student far from home when tragedy strikes.

Obasohan described the frantic calls home only to find the service had been cut. Oscar, his best friend, was the first person reached. Eventually, a FaceTime call went through and it was clear friends and family were safe from the horrifying scenes.

What Obasohan saw on TV looked hauntingly familiar.

He's flown through that Brussels airport 15 times, Obasohan estimated.

"I know exactly where that American Airlines gate is," he said, "because that's the one I take."

That made it a little more real.

"It's crazy to think that, a month from now, a year ago I was at that same airport arriving," Obasohan said.

The idea of speaking out Tuesday came from Obasohan's desire to spread a positive message after tragedy. He met with his campus minister for advice on how to handle the situation.

"Whenever adversity hits, you have two decisions," Obasohan said. "You either run away from God or run to God. This is just another opportunity, I guess, as a human race to run to God. Our God is good and regardless how bad or how terrible these attacks were, there's always still hope."

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