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MONTEVIDEO, KOMPAS.com – On October 13, 1972, the plane carrying the amateur rugby team Uruguay along with his relatives and supporters, he crashed into the Andes mountain with 45 people on board as they were on their way to a match in Chile.
A total of 16 juveniles managed to survive for 72 days, in sub-zero temperatures and with very little food.
Two of them found relief after a 10-day trek through the mountains in waist-deep snow.
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The so-called “Miracle of the Andes” was famous around the world when survivors confessed to having eaten the body parts of their dead friends to survive.
Journalist AFP in Chile and Uruguay he recounted the dramatic events he recounted I livereserve best seller which was then made into a movie.
The following is a summary of the stories of the survivors of the Andean plane crash of 1972.
Andes in Chile.
1. The time of the accident
On the evening of October 13, 1973, a chartered military plane carrying the Old Christian rugby team from the Argentine city of Mendoza to the Chilean capital Santiago disappeared from radar near the Chilean city of Curico.
Planes from Chile, Argentina and Uruguay searched for the plane but could not find the white fuselage in the snow.
After eight days, the search was stopped.
2. The “Save us” message
Two months later, on December 22, 1972, the world was shocked by the news of two survivors. Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa managed to get out of the mountain on foot to ask for help.
“They saw a mule rider (donkey / horse type) as they followed the river that meandered at the foot of the mountain. Exhausted, they threw stones across the water at the man, with a message written on a piece of paper, and then prayed for help. AFP.
The message said: “I come from a plane that crashed in the mountains. I am Uruguayan. We have been walking for 10 days … There are 14 injured on the plane. We have to get out of here right away, and we don’t know how. We have no food. We are weak. When.” Can you come and get us? Please, we can’t even walk. Where are we? “
The muleteers organized rescue and assistance, which arrived quickly even for their severely malnourished companions. They were picked up from the mountain by helicopter in two days.
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Illustration3. Eat grass
Parrado and Canessa said the plane got lost in the mountains, then crashed into a ridge, then slid down a glacier and landed in a pile of snow, killing 13 people including the pilot and co-pilot and injuring many others who died later.
They describe a struggle to survive nearly 4,000 meters high, living in the fuselage and searching the snow for roots and a grass nicknamed “donkey grass” after food supplies run out.
They also recounted the deaths of several people who survived the avalanche.
“We are witnessing a miracle the world has never seen,” said Cesar Charlone, the official workload Uruguay of Chile.
4. Last meal
On December 24, 1972, rumors circulated that the victims practiced cannibalism to escape starvation, confirmed two days later by the head of the Chile rescue operation.
Newspaper The second one in Chile he quoted an unnamed survivor: “We have made a terrible decision: to survive we must overcome all obstacles, be they religious or biological.”
The men called heroes were later exonerated by the Catholic Church in Uruguay and by Pope John Paul II, only to return to their daily life.
Canessa became a cardiologist and in 2020 she again helped save lives by making ventilators for Covid-19 patients.
“When I see people all over the world dying from lack of air, it reminds me of the mountains, when I look at my friends who can’t breathe anymore and I say: No, it can’t happen to me again.” She said AFP.
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