Skip to main content
I Had to Survive : How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives.

I Had to Survive : How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives.

Canessa, Dr. Roberto.
Audio Book on CD 2016

On October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading pediatric cardiologists.As he tended to his wounded teammates amid the devastating...

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:
Aircraft accident victims Uruguay Biography
Aircraft accidents Andes Region
Airplane crash survival Andes Region
Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Heart surgeons Uruguay Biography
More in this Genre:
ISBN:
9781504711937
1504711939
Edition:
Unabridged
Description:
1 audio disc (8 hr., 31 min.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital optical
audio file MP3
Notes:
MP3 format compact disc. Will only play on CD players adapted for MP3 format
Read by various narrators, Thom Rivera, Traber Burns, Elijah Alexander, Neil Shah, Hillary Huber, Kyla Garcia, Tavia Gilbert and Emily Woo Zeller
System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software
Vendor-supplied metadata
Control Number:
1997652
Other Authors:
Alexander, Elijah
Burns, Traber
Garcia, Kyla
Gilbert, Tavia
Huber, Hillary
Rivera, Thom
Shah, Neil
Vierci, Pablo, 1950-
Zeller, Emily Woo
View in Classic Catalog

We respect and acknowledge that Southeast Regional Library has branches and headquarters on  Treaty 2 and Treaty 4 territories, which are
traditional territories of the nēhiyawak (Cree), Nahkawē (Saulteaux), Nakota, Dakota, Lakota, and the Métis Nation. View our Commitment to Reconciliation

© Southeast Regional Library
Home Page | SILS Privacy Policy