This is not a story of cannibalism, it’s a story of courage and never giving up
manonlaviggne
No one can judge unless one has walked a mile in their shoes.
lauzthorbzarella
And 2 men in 22 days found help yet for 70 days nobody could find them. How horrific and sad for what these men endured. God rest their souls and bring peace to the survivors
grfuldeb
My husband and I lived in the Far East at that time. I remember how awful this story was. God bless the survivors and their families!
nesaclark
Abandoning the search 10 days later is completely insane to me...
lorenza
They survived and this is good. I don't care whether the society judges them but to me they are heroes
krishnasanyal
This is one of the greatest stories of survival known to us. The two men who walked out of there to find help were absolute heroes. The rest of the passengers were then rescued a few at a time by incoming planes, one at a time because of the very arduous mountain terrain. Persona qua non.
jeankroeber
I knew an old man who was captured by the Japanese in WW2, he spoke about death marches and stated that 'an empty belly has no conscience ' . How true, none of us know what we'd do in those circumstances .
HilaryB.
One of the survivors from the Rugby team who wanted to be a doctor did indeed become a doctor.
katjagolden
“There is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for the sake of his friends.”
kneedeepinzombieshit
This story has consumed me for 40 yrs. I’m n awe of these boys that survived 2.5 months in the frozen mountains with nothing and the choices they had to make yo come back alive to their families. God bless Parrafo and Canessa for walking out of the Andies to get help. Heroes!
subobing
I saw the two men that made the extremely rugged descent interviewed. The only thing that helped the one was recalling that in Catholicism, they believe that when the priest prays over Communion, that the wine and bread become the Body and Blood of Christ. Somehow, this thought carried him through and kept him from trauma over having partaken of a dead passenger to be able to be strong enough to survive that treacherous trek for help.
They had a rough go if it. Thankfully, they made it, and the others were found because of it.
It IS a story about survival.
foreverealm
One of the greatest survival stories in recorded history.
JohnMoore-xfwy
Here after seeing 'Society of the Snow'. Its a great movie and sn inspiring story
marndibiswa
Shame on anyone who would disgrace these survivors! 😮
Sbannmarie
I am from India and I'm 25 yrs old now. When I was a school kid in 8th grade, for the first time, I read this book in Marathi language. It was 13yrs ago. It was called as " Te Sattar Divas" meaning "Those 70 days". And suddenly today, after all these years, this reel story popped up and I watched it. It was nostalgic. ❤❤❤
suvarnagaikwad
Unfortunately, for many years this event was mostly known in the world because of the film 'Alive', a distorted version of the facts. And even worse, a lot of the videos in English (not this one) on this incident are based on that movie. The survivors dislike it because it's superficial and unrealistic, they've never seen themselves reflected in the characters.
While in 'Alive', Ethan Hawke's character is the 'superhero' and the other surviving passengers are practically passive spectators; in reality, all of them had a crucial role in their struggle for survival.The main leaders and strategists were the Strauch cousins, but as the survivors say, each one of them was a leader depending on the moment and the skills needed during the 72 days they were trapped in the Andes.
Adifgreat
It is quite annoying for those of us who are Uruguayans and from this part of the world, that of everything that can be learned from this story of struggle and resilience, the only thing they talk about and repeat is that they ate human flesh. It is very sad, it is sad because they did not do it for pleasure, they did it because they wanted to live, they did it so they could tell their families that they were alive and that they had not lost them all, because they wanted to see their brothers, sisters, children, fathers, mothers, entire families. Because their families believed that they had lost them and they had to live with that pain without knowing if they lived or not. And also tell those relatives of those who died, of those who could not return, that they fought as a team and did everything possible so that everyone who was there returned alive, although some could not. The morbidity is sad and that they only see the story for that reason without knowing what it meant for them and for us Uruguayans, what they did as a team and for their friends. They are free of all guilt, their fight was for love, love that was always for others.
alekxandramerkadal
The need to survive, against all odds, far outweighs any mention of cannabilism. The survivors only choice was to "LIVE". They are absolute heroes 👏
chrissymoss
What ISN'T mentioned, is that there was very little shaming of those who survived, and the families of the victims were HAPPY and PROUD that their loved ones' deaths were able to help others survive.
