Episode 71: Cannibal Mountain (Case - Uruguayan Rugby Team)
“What’s the last thing you ate?” the doctor asked.
All 16 of them responded the same - “human flesh.”
A plane of 45 passengers had crashed into the side of a snow covered mountain in the Andes. Yes, it’s freezing, they were only wearing t-shirts, and many were wounded if not dead - but, they will be rescued soon.
That was what they put their faith in. But they were wrong. They wouldn’t be rescued for another 72 days and only 16 would get out alive.
Source notes:
Book - “Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors” - by Piers Paul Read
Book - “Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home” - by Nando Parrado
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