A pediatric cardiologist describes his harrowing experience in October 1972 when the Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying him, his fellow rugby team players, and their families and friends crashed in the Andes Mountains, in an incident popularized by the book and movie, Alive.
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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 e...
Memoir from a member of the Uruguayan rugby team profiled in Alive (DB 54741). Briefly recounts his life before the crash, what he and his fellow survivors did to stay alive, and his life after. Discusses the ways his survival skills influenced his work as a pediatric cardiologis...