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Coche Iniciarte
At the time of the car accident was a young man of 24 who was in his fifth year at the University of agronomy industry at that time EVEN synonym time of prosperity in the country .
Car never played rugby , it was decided to go on the trip because I had been in the previous year and had gone very well. To this it is added that Chile was very economical. -
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Part the plane with 40 passengers and 5 crew -
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The plane crashes . 7 passengers are thrown and 6 die in the crash. There are 32 survivors . -
Pedro Algorta
on 13 October 1972. Pedro Algorta was 21 years old when the plane carrying the Uruguayan friends Old Christians rugby team crashed in the Andes , for a flight to Chile.
He survived the crash and after living 71 days within the fuselage of the crashed plane and having suffered hunger, cold, then saved from an avalanche and after several expeditions failed for help , was finally rescued along with other survivors on Friday December 22, 1972 .
Algorta that day rose to one of the helicopters -
Roberto Caness
October 13, 1972 .
At that time there was a medical student and was 19 years old. His fiancee was Laura Surraco , daughter of a physician. Canessa , together with Fernando " Nando " Parrado , undertook the 10-day journey across the Andes to seek help. Not because of his great physical strength at their teammates nicknamed him " muscle " but because he had a strong character .
He was also one of the first who suggested feeding on the flesh of the dead , breaking that taboo and testing the first -
Pancho Delgado
October 13, 1972 , which eventually forced him and other survivors to resort to cannibalism. His former classmate law school 23 years , Gaston Costemalle not survived the initial crash of Flight 571 Uruguayan Air Force .
Once rescued, December 28 , the international press looking for survivors an explanation of why they had resorted to eating the flesh of their dead friends and their families.
Survivors and the world press turned to the articulated Delgado . His words of wisdom humiliated deep C -
Daniel Fernandez
Daniel Fernández Strauch not remember the story to retell what already was counted, if not to review the human condition when he meets his limits. The mountain is a haven to test their own resources , deep awareness of others, the scale of values , spiritual strength , hidden misery , pessimism , optimism , ability to fight , faith in others. -
Bobby François
Bobby François, a man who took refuge in the interior of Uruguay to avoid the talk about it. Bobby was not present at the meeting. Nobody expected it, because the rest of his teammates knows he does not like talk of the Andes, so their testimony in the book is a discovery of everything that had not been encouraged to tell.
"(...) I do not like to talk because I know that hurts some relatives of those who did not return. We need not, I think, constantly remind them what happened. It was very diff -
Roy Herlay
Roy Harley Alex Sanchez was 20 at the time of the tragedy , Stella Maris graduate student in mechanical engineering and Old Christians player
He is married with Cecilia Surraco , children: Maria Eloisa and Alexander, he is an industrial engineer . -
Alvaro Mangino
Alvaro was a young 19 who lived in Montevideo, a quiet town, and belonged to a middle class family in Uruguay, was a senior year of high school and played rugby just a few years, but at a rival club.
He was a close friend of President of the Old Christian club, college graduates, and one of the team players, who invited him for different reasons but ultimately decided not to travel. Given that resolution, Marcelo Perez, captain and family acquaintance, called him and convinced Alvaro, deciding t -
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4 personas más mueren durante la madrugada y el día. (Muertos: 10, Desaparecidos: 7, Supervivientes: 28). -
Day 9
Susana Parrado dies . ( Killed: 11 Missing : 7 Survivors: 27) . -
Day 12
An expedition located at 7 dead disappeared . ( Killed: 18 Survivors: 27) . -
Day 17
8 people die in the avalanche . ( Killed: 26 Survivors: 19). -
Day 34
Arturo Nogueira dies . ( Killed: 27 Survivors: 18). -
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Rafael Echavarren dies . ( Killed: 28 Survivors: 17). -
Day 60
Canessa and Parrado Sergio Catalan located . ( Killed: 29 Survivors: 16). -
Day 70
Canessa and Parrado are rescued . ( Killed: 29 Rescued : 2 Survivors: 14). -
Day 71
6 survivors are rescued . The remaining 8 will have to wait one more night. ( Killed: 29 Rescued : 8 Survivors: 8). -
Nando Parrado
He is known to be one of the sixteen survivors of the plane crash in the Andes, also known as Tragedy of the Andes , which occurred on October 13 , 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with other survivors , he and Roberto Canessa climbed through the mountains on a journey of almost ten days to find help.
He is the son of Seler Parrado and Eugenia Dolgay
Today, he is a successful businessman and an active sportsman , he is married and has two daughters Veronique Veronica an -
Antonio Vizintin
Antonio Vizintin, Tintin, born in Montevideo in 1953. He studied at the Christian Brothers school.
He is currently Vice President of the Rugby Union of Uruguay (URU) and member of the board of Alive Foundation.
His great physical strength as well as the securities purchased by the Irish brothers carved deep into your being Antonio making a person able to knock down any obstacle.
Push aside feelings to always go forward, it is a key feature of the player Pilar, which will serve to meet their own
