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...speech, sponsored by Fuerza Latina, Canessa discussed the experience of being stranded for 72 days in freezing cold temperatures and overcoming starvation and avalanches after the crash of the plane, which was carrying Canessa’s rugby team and their families and friends to Chile...
...Aire Forde airplane crash took 13 lives, but many more died in the following days—only 16 survivors were ultimately recovered by helicopter, weeks after official rescue efforts had been halted. The survivors had, famously, been reduced to eating the remains of their dead companions and drinking melted snow to live...
...Andean plane crash was documented in Piers Paul Read’s book, “Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors” and later adapted in the 1993 film “Alive,” directed by Frank Marshall and starring Ethan Hawke...
...survivors] are celebrities in Uruguay, and the crash is something that marked the country,” Tewes said. “The country was very affected by the event...it was kind of a national experience that everyone went through together...
Canessa joked that he is still frightened of flying, but takes planes anyway, even going so far as to comfort other worried passengers. “Don’t worry,” he tells them. “Planes don’t crash...