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72 Days Trapped in the Andes : The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Disaster
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Oct 31, 2024
#Flight571 #SurvivalStory #UruguayanAirForce On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 passengers, including a rugby team and their families, crashed into the unforgiving Andes Mountains. Stranded in a frozen wilderness with little hope of rescue, survivors faced unimaginable challenges. Over 72 days, they endured freezing temperatures, starvation, and isolation. This video explores the harrowing choices they made, the incredible resilience they showed, and the heroic journey for help that ultimately saved lives. Join us as we dive deep into one of the most controversial survival stories ever told, a story of desperation, hope, and the will to survive. WATCH NEXT:- Is Elon Musk Secretly Working on a Tesla Motorcycle? - https://youtu.be/oSZp8sptyw4 The Bermuda Triangle - Myths, Mysteries & The Science - https://youtu.be/xP9ieSf_4j4 Will A. I Destroy Human Civilization - https://youtu.be/qGAaJDwDOXk We are Living in a 4th Dimension - https://youtu.be/_y9PQ5u06_s The Shocking Truth About Black Holes Singularity - https://youtu.be/mBC2iV75LsI Iran's Missile Attack on Israel Could Spark World War 3 - https://youtu.be/oMAdsaCb7kA Join this channel to get access to the perks: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFounder_Diary/ GEAR USED: My favorite camera: https://amzn.to/3hYR3ZT Budget camera to shoot videos: https://amzn.to/3TzryxM
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imagine crashing into the Frozen
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unforgiving Wilderness of the Andes
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Mountains hundreds of miles from
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civilization no food no heat no
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communication how far would you go to
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stay alive flight 571 was a tragedy but
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more than that it became one of the most
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shocking and controversial survival
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stories ever told what happened up there
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is something you won't forget on October
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13th 1972 a Uruguayan Air Force
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Fairchild fh2 27d aircraft carrying 45
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passengers including a rugby team and
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their family members took off for a
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routine flight over the Andes but what
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should have been a simple trip from
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monteo Uruguay to Santiago Chile quickly
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turned into a horrifying nightmare when
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the plane crashed deep in the snow
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covered mountains those who survived
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faced an unthinkable challenge 72 days
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in freezing temperatures at high
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altitude with no food and little hope of
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rescue what they endured the decisions
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they made and how they ultimately
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survived became a story of human
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resilience ience and controversy today
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we're diving deep into the mystery and
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survival story of flight 571 a journey
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that will show you just how far human
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beings are willing to go to stay
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alive The Story begins on a clear
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October day in 1972 when a Uruguayan Air
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Force plane was chartered to fly the old
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Christians Club rugby team along with
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friends and family to a match in
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Santiago Chile their Journey would take
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them over the Andes a mountain range
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known for its treacherous conditions
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with Peaks reaching over 22,000 ft the
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passengers were in High Spirits young
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men and women looking forward to the
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match and enjoying the camaraderie of
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the team but what none of them knew was
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that a series of errors and an
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unexpected weather front would turn
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their trip into a nightmare during the
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flight weather conditions began to
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deteriorate and visibility dropped the
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pilots believing they had already
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crossed the Andes began their descent
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toward Santiago but they were still far
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from their destination by the time they
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realized their mistake it was too late
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at 3:34 p.m. the plane crashed into a
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mountain side the wings were torn off
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and the fuselage slid down the mountain
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finally coming to a stop in a snow
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covered Valley out of the 45 people on
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board 33 survived the initial impact but
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what awaited them was an unimaginable
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challenge in the moments after the crash
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chaos reigned the survivors many of them
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seriously injured struggled to make
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sense of what had happened the tail of
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the plane had been torn off leaving the
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fuselage exposed to the freezing wind
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the wreckage was scattered across the
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Mountainside with debris luggage and
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bodies strewn across the snow the
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survivors quickly realized they were in
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one of the most isolated places on Earth
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the Andes are not just a mountain range
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they are a frozen Barren Wilderness with
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Peaks Soaring Over 20,000 ft the thin
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air and harsh conditions make survival
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difficult even for those who are
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prepared the passengers of flight 571
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were not prepared they had no winter
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clothing no food except for a few
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chocolate bars and bottles of wine and
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no way to communicate with the outside
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world but the most terrifying
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realization came when they found a small
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transistor radio in the wreckage and
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learned that the search for them had
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been called off rescue crews believed
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the plane had gone down in an entirely
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different area far from where the
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survivors were stranded they were on
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their own in the early days the
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survivors focused on keeping warm and
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rationing what little food they had the
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fuselage became their shelter and they
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used airplane seats and Luggage to
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insulate themselves against the cold but
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the temperatures plummeted to as low
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as-3 ° C at night and many were already
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weakened by their injuries the survivors
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tried to stay optimistic hoping that a
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rescue mission might still find them but
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as days turned into weeks their
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situation grew increasingly dire
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starvation became their biggest threat
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with only a few scraps of food they were
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slowly wasting away after the first week
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the survivors realized that they had no
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choice they would have to do something
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Unthinkable if they wanted to stay alive
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it was in these desperate circumstances
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that the survivors made the decision
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that would later be become the focus of
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worldwide controversy they decided that
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in order to survive they would have to
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eat the bodies of their dead companions
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the idea was horrific to them many were
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devout Catholics and cannibalism was
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considered a grave sin but as starvation
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set in they knew that they had no other
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option they had no food no plants no
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animals in the snow covered Wilderness
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only the frozen bodies of their friends
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this decision wasn't made Lightly for
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days they debated some refusing at first
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but as the reality of their situation
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became clearer most of the survivors
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reluctantly agreed they began to eat
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small portions of the Frozen flesh and
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though the ACT filled them with horror
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it provided them with the nutrients they
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desperately needed to survive just as
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the survivors began to adjust to their
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new reality disaster struck again on the
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10th day after the crash an avalanche
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swept down the mountain side bearing the
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fuselage and killing eight more of the
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survivors those who remain were now more
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desperate than ever their already
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limited shelter was destroyed and the
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harsh conditions continued to take a
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toll on their bodies and Minds despite
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the unimaginable circumstances the
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survivors didn't give up hope small
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groups attempted to hike out of the
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mountains but every time they were
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forced to return beaten back by
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exhaustion the unforgiving terrain and
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the High Altitude the realization that
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they were truly alone began to weigh
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heavily on them and yet despite
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everything they refused to give up after
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more than 2 months in the Andes with
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their numbers dwindling and their bodies
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wasting away the survivors knew they had
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to try one final time to escape Nando
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parado who had been in a coma for days
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after the crash and Roberto canessa a
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medical student volunteered to make the
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Trek together with another Survivor they
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set off on foot determined to find help
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their Journey was nothing short of
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miraculous for 10 days they climbed
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through the Andes Crossing glaciers
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battling altitude sickness and rationing
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the small amount of food they had left
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along the way they faced numerous
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setbacks at one point they even
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considered turning back but the thought
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of saving their friends kept them going
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finally after 10 days of walking they
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saw a sign of Hope green valleys far in
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the distance it was the first sign of
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Life they had seen in weeks on December
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20th after trekking for Miles they
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stumbled upon a Chilean Shepherd named
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Sergio Catalan Nando crossed the river
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to reach him and explain their situation
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catalon immediately rode on horseback to
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alert the authorities and a rescue
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operation was launched when news of the
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survivors reached the outside world it
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sparked an international media frenzy on
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December 22nd helicopters arrived at the
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crash site and rescued the remaining 16
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survivors after 72 days stranded in one
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of the most hostile environments on
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Earth they were finally saved the
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survivors were taken to hospitals where
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they were treated for malnutrition
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frostbite and other injuries but even
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though their physical ordeal was over
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the emotional trauma would stay with
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them for the rest of their lives when
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the public learned about the survivor's
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use of cannibalism there was an
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immediate wave of shock and outrage many
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people struggled to understand how
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anyone could resort to such Extreme
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Measures but as more details of their
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story emerged and as the survivors
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shared their accounts of what had
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happened public opinion began to shift
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people realized that these men and women
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had been put in an impossible situation
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and that they had done what they had to
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in order to survive over time the story
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of flight 571 became less about the
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controversy and more about the
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incredible resilience of the human
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Spirit the survivors didn't just endure
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they fought back against impossible odds
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and live to tell the tale the moment
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when Nando parado and Roberto Kessa
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finally reached the Chilean Shepherd
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marked the climax of the story after
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weeks of suffering uncertainty and death
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their Trek across the Andes became the
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turning point that saved the lives of
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their companions it wasn't just a
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victory of physical endurance it was a
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Triumph of willpower determination and
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hope in the face of overwhelming despair
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the story of flight 571 is one that
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continues to Captivate people around the
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world it's not just a tale of survival
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but of human determination and the
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difficult choices we make when pushed to
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our absolute limits for 72 days these
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survivors fought against the cold
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starvation and despair they were forced
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to make choices that most of us will
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never have to face and yet through it
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all they remain determined to live today
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their story serves as a reminder that
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the human spirit is capable of enduring
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even the most unimaginable circumstances
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what happened on that mountain side was
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tragic but it was also a story of Hope
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courage and the will to survive if you
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