The Survivors
Death defying acts of survival are fascinating. Join us as we go in depth discussing true stories of survival scenarios - from shipwrecks to horrific crimes - and almost everything in between. The only thing they have in common is someone survived to tell the tale.
The Survivors
Episode 10: The Andes Survivors
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Season 1
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Episode 10
In 1972 a plane carrying a rugby team from Uruguay crashed in the Andes. With no rescue coming, their only chance was to save themselves.
This episode contains material that may be disturbing to some listeners.
Listener discretion is advised.
SOURCES:
Alive (book) by Piers Paul Read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/160403-andes-uruguay-rugby-cannibal-plane-crash-canessa-ngbooktalk
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/09/731044367/story-of-the-1972-andes-plane-crash-in-out-of-the-silence