HOW THEY SURVIVED 72 DAYS IN THE ANDES: The 1972 Uruguay Plane Crash
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I've always been a wee bit nonplussed (but not really surprised) that what anyone could take away from this tale is the "cannibalism" angle. It's an astounding story of human perseverance and endurance and is one of the most inspiring I've ever heard.
I’d argue that the cannibalism of this story is what truly drives home what a feat it was to survive for these people. It goes right to the heart of that age old question of how far will you go to survive….if you’re desperate enough, would you do what is unthinkable under normal circumstances? We all like to think we know the answer to that, but we’ll actually never know until presented with the situation. These people actually *were* in that situation , so of course that’s going to capture our attention.
100% agree. Yes, it's an important part of what happened, but it's not the most interesting aspect, not even close. Also, there's such a big difference between cannibalism and anthropophagy, which is the actual term for what they did.
I think it’s nice the one man protected his mom and sister, and nobody tried to eat them out of respect to him. That’s a show of great decency in a horrible situation.
Actually, they all agreed not to eat any of the survivors' relatives.
Nando's mother and sister
Javier Methol's wife and cousin
The Strauch cousins' cousin.
@@Adifgreat I didn’t know that. That’s even more respectable then.
Hi! I'm Uruguayan and you did a great job! Btw, not a single Uruguayan ever thought anything bad about those men, they're very popular and dear people here, and they still talk about the incident to this day publicly. Only the media sensationalized this story at the time, the rest of the people support them.
FYI: One of the survivors (Carlitos Páez) is the son of one of the most important artists in Uruguay: Carlos Páez Vilaró, who never stopped looking for his son until he found him.
An absolute nightmare but an incredible example of human perseverance and survival! Thank you for this incredible video!
Hello from Chile! The correct pronuntiation is the one you used. I love that you did a southamerican case. There are many mysteries and crazy crime cases here. Also, the Andes is beautiful to see from the air but still you can have a lot of turbulence. This event is very powerful statement of survival and resistance. Love from Chile dear Georgia!
hello georgia, i sent you an email a few days ago. i'm not going to post my full name in a comment section, but if you look for "madeleine" in your inbox i'm sure you'll find it. i wrote to you about the saskatoon freezing deaths, a series of murders commited by the canadian police force in the early 2000s. the victims were native canadian men and arrested for allegedly being drunk or alleged disorderly conduct. they were then driven out to the edge of town, in the middle of night and simply left to freeze to death. these arrests were unfounded. it's an absolute disgrace and i have never heard anybody talk about it, and with the size of your channel, you could bring attention and maybe even justice to the victims and highlight canada's long history of racism
I really want this case to get more coverage. It's completely horrific, and not nearly enough people even know that it happened.
I have a hard time believing that this is just something that 𝘏𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘋 and isn’t something that 𝘏𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘌𝘕𝘚. I have a feeling that this is common practice; probably not only amongst Canadian police but possibly even departments all over the world. It’s absolutely horrific and cruel and I can’t imagine the evil one must harbor inside to be capable of doing this to another person.
I’ve only ever heard about this in passing by CZcamsrs covering other Canadian cases and this, maybe being semi relevant to the topic of discussion or is considered a theory so therefore it’s briefly mentioned, but never in depth. Would also love a video on this topic!
@@ledawn100 it's been happening since the 1970's i believe
between 2012 and 2016 somebody tried to censor the "starlight tour" section of the wikipedia page and it was literally traced to a police station. it's so frustrating no one has ever faced punishment for this!!! no innocent person edits a wikipedia page to censor a whole subarticle! why the hell would you do that if you had nothing to do with the crime!?
@@queenofastora wowowow. That is appalling. Police all over the world are soo corrupt and too many institutions, systems, what have you were founded and built upon 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠. Tear them down and rebuild. Defund. Idgaf
just… Relearn. It’s taught, it can be untaught.
First Nations have it SO much disproportionately harder to see and ask. So I would have to wait till they got here.
My Favourite Murder did an episode on it!
I can never get tired of this incredible survival story
I cannot imagine being faced with these difficult choices. But survival requires steadfast determination. This is truly an amazing story!
As a Uruguayan (live in Canada tho), thank you SO much for covering this!! This story is still very alive in our hearts! My mom was 10 years old when this happened and still sheds a tear talking about it. She also gets very touchy when people who talk about it are critical or make light of it. Despite my mom being very religious (catholic), she was and is to this day, horrified when people are critical of the "cannibalism" that was forced upon the survivors. She remembers the radio news report saying the plane with the survivors had been found and my abuela profusely crying with joy. My abuela knew some of the families who were involved or had sons on the team (its a small country after all lol). They also went to the airport to celebrate when they were brought back home. The whole country was completely overjoyed at the news, truly believing they had all died and that the plane would be lost to the andes. When flying back to Uruguay, we used to often have a layover in Chile and then need to fly over the andes, it always gave us chills. Even though the view out the window is literally stunning, it was too much for my mom and we now do our layovers in Panama or Brazil. This story is so important to Uruguayans, thank you so much for covering this with so much reverence and detail, as always!
This was brilliant! When the two men walked to civilisation I got goose bumps and cried. Very emotional and so well done Georgia, Thankyou x
Same here, instant tears & goosebumps!
I'm uruguayan, this story is part of our national identity. I have read every book and watched every video about it. I would like to thank you for addressing the story with respect, and for doing such a good research.
I’ve heard this story for years and it’s still hard to hear. Absolutely terrible but it also shows how resilient humans can be.
My best friend was obsessed with the Alive movie. I watched it and it barely recognizes the hardship they endured. Eating human flesh. I definitely would rather die. I have EDNOS and I know how starvation feels. I'd choose it over cannibalism. But I don't judge the people who had to make that choice.
In the movie some refused and passed away. I would have been them. However it's awful they were subjected to judgement after what they had been through. The trauma alone of eating the flesh of ur friends... sickening. And trying to survive in the cold. They say the lowest circle of hell is cold as ice.
I won't judge them even though it grosses me out.
Amazing story of survival, also reduced to tears, the immense power of the human will to survive. You are a fantastic creator Georgia!
I'm so glad you covered this story, it's such a remarkable example of the strength of the human spirit. I've always been fascinated by it, and I can remember going to the cinema all by myself to watch Alive on the day it was released. Thank you for narrating it with such grace and dignity.
The survivors have always expressed their dissatisfaction with the film 'Alive'. They find it disrespectful because it's an absolutely distorted version of the actual facts.
I've heard this story many times, since I live in Argentina, and it is a very well-known case around here, but often very sensationalized. I really liked hearing your way of telling the story, it was a tragedy but also a tale of survival and strength. By the way, the pronunciation you went with for Chile is the correct one (for us Spanish speakers). English speakers say it more like "cheelee"
Those poor people. I really think they did the right thing. Can you imagine finding out that your son ate human remains just so he could see your face again, just so you didn't lose your whole family at once? That's what's making me cry right now.
I remember in one of my classes in school they had us watch the movie about this (“Alive”). It’s incredible that any of them survived, I can’t even imagine being in a situation like this.
The Andie's guys actually seem really heartwarming to me they were so respectful of the situation. It's absolutely horrific and the handled pure horror with grace.
Uruguayan here.
First of all, thanks for taking the time and effort to study about this tragedy.
So, despite what you say about the aircraft, the pilot, as far as we know -an so the survivors said- he thought they were past The Andes. But they actually took a deep turn into the mountains. Just as 9:11 mark.
There are a couple of movies about it and several books if I´m not mistaken. It was -and still is- a very emotional story of survival. They were all kids, truly, and for the most of them it was their first flight.
Parrado and Canessa are two examples of great leadership. They both make a living of giving conferences around the globe; Canessa is a Cardiologist and Parrado has a very long list of things done like racing, tv host, entrepeneur, etc.
What kep them alive, as said from them, was the idea of their family waiting for them and their faith. They are/were christians, as the name of their rugby team states.
I´m not much of a believer but they made a miracle happend.
I've always been fascinated about this story. I've watched Alive with Ethan Hawke a million times (cry every time when I see the two red shoes reunited), watched documentaries, read books... I'm only a minute in but can't wait for you to tell this story.
The survivors dislike the film 'Alive' because it doesn't portray the real story.
I have visited the excellent museum in Montevideo dedicated to the crash. It will make you shed a tear. I came away uplifted by the story of the human spirit to survive. This instinct and strength of spirit along with team work and ingenuity resulted in this unsurpassed act of survival.
Thank you so much for covering this, I was 14 when the movie Alive came out and after seeing it (and never wanting to set foot in a plane again) I read the book it was based on and anything else I could get my hands on. It always makes me cry too, that moment the survivors find out that Nando and Roberto actually made it out of the mountains. It's an amazing story of just the will to live, and I like to think that we would all want to be a source for life for our loved ones if ever in a situation like that. And the fact that they all still reunite on the anniversary is amazing. I listened to a podcast about this and one of the survivors (I can't remember who) struggled with drugs or alcohol in the years after their rescue and he was quoted as saying that Nando and Roberto, I believe, basically had an intervention and that they saved his life twice. Anyway, I think it's an incredible story and it has stuck with me for 30 years, since I first heard of it. If it resonates with you, it will stay with you forever I think.
I wonder how it must’ve felt for them to breathe after finally getting off that mountain with the altitude change after being up there for 2 months… so many random little questions I wish I could chat with the survivors about. So fascinated by this story and genuinely so inspired by their will to survive in the most desperate circumstances!!
How disgusting of the media to ask them what they ate to survive. They knew, it is something you can easily guess, so why put them through this? It is foul to put them under scrutiny over something that was already extremely traumatic and make them relive it again.
It's an absolutely incredible story of survival and courage. I've seen the film a few times, it's a hard watch and exhausting just imagining what it must have been like.
Thank you for your heart felt presentation Georgia. Your videos are brilliant and I truly look forward to every episode. You've got me through many a dreary day. I love true crime. Thank you x
I've never heard of this before. Heck, I even read the title of this video as 72 hours. Then u said 72 DAYS, and I was like "how on earth did they do this?"
But I'm glad to hear there were ppl who still lives their lives today. And to those who died, my thoughts and prayers.
Georgia is such a sensitive soul. There are some very extraordinary tales of survival from plane crashes such as Juliane Koepcke in 1971 who fell 10,000 ft into the jungle after a plane broke up in flight. Aged 17 she was the only survivor of over 80 passengers and crew and survived 11 days in the jungle before finding some natives who after thinking she was a water spirit took her down river to civilisation. Again this was in South America
Fascinating video- I’ve been on a binge of Everest/mountain disaster related content since your last video. It astounds me what humans can survive through!
Also on a hugely unrelated topic to this video but something I think you’ll appreciate- there’s a separate free game called scavenger hunt by the people from two dots which is just the hunts from the game where you find all the items! I went looking for it after finishing the mini games on two dots lol and it’s very good
This is one of my absolute favorite true stories ever! Its truly incredible & shows just how strong the human will to survive is
You did such a good job with this story, Georgia. I rarely cry whilst watching true crime videos. I admit, I sobbed a couple times today, and I've watched videos on this story several times. What amazing human beings they all were/are.
Still brings me to tears.
this just made me think. why don’t we mandate that all planes have to be painted like neon orange. it would stand out in snowy or super green surroundings.
Not sure if it’s just an urban myth (it certainly sounds like one haha) but I’ve been told that white paint is the lightest and adding colour adds weight to the plane which is why they are white. I can’t see it adding that much weight though!
@@zoepipe12345 you are correct, it's not a myth, pigment is heavier
@@zoepipe12345 if you research on a plane it can add multiple people's worth of weight actually
i mean, sounds like it would be a good idea regardless. if it only adds a few peoples' worth of weight, all you'd have to do is add a few seats less to the plane - reducing the profit margin gor the airlines a little bit, but wouldn't that be worth it? sure, plane crashes nowadays are relatively rare - but aren't even a few peoples' lives that could be saved by this worth more than any monetary losses the airlunes would face?
you wouldn't have to aint them in easily visible warning colours all around, maybe just a strip on top, on the sides or atop the wings, like rescue or police aircrafts. the rest of the plane could still be white for weight & thermal reasons.
@@fliessbandbaby8947 you want an airline to add more cost and less seats for a rare occurrence like a crash? Get real
Thank you for naming everyone, survivors and casualties alike. ❤
Thank you so much for this brilliant story telling about human survival. This story was too dark to understand when it happened, and due to the sensation around it later, I never looked into it again (avoided it so to say). You rehumanised the survivors. Thanks once more! ❤️
Been complaining non stop about this heatwave, but stories like this massively put things into perspective
Incredible video, thank you
Love your history series .. thank you
I live in Argentina, and this story is still very much alive in the hearts and memories of the people here, and in Chile and Uruguay as well, of course. Thank you for covering it!
I'm so glad to know that it's still kept alive, 50 years on. Its a devastating tale and yet so incredibly inspiring. I'm sitting here in the UK, shedding tears over it once again, as I have done many times after reading about this story.
this really is such an amazing story, thank you for telling it!
Brilliantly covered Georgia.
If I remember correctly, I saw one of the men being interviewed and he was sobbing because he was racked with guilt about having to consume the bodies of the deceased.
What an amazing story! Thank you for your history series, Georgia 💜
Thank you for covering this story! So many amazing facts i didn't know. It made me think you could cover the 33 chilean miners story, the San José mine back in 2010 i think. Such an amazing survival story (i'm chilean) ❤️
Outstanding coverage!
Thank you very much! X
Great video 💪🇺🇾
This is so interesting!
I've heard this so many times but I cry every time. These men are outstanding people and I'm so glad to hear that all but one are still alive today💗
I always cry at the same stage you mentioned, Georgia. Even now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, and I've read about this story many dozens of times. I can't imagine hearing that message over the radio.
I cried at the end. I'm SO happy they made it
what an incredible story!! i also had goosebumps while listening to this story
Im crying with you. Wow. What heroes!!
Thank you for the excellent, sensitive coverage of this amazing testimonial to human strength, the will to survive and love. Bravo.
Commenting again for the algorithm and hopefully you start to get more views! Great job again Georgia!
I’m here from the new Netflix movie that came out. Incredible story.
I remember that Simpsons episode where Marge was afraid to fly on an airplane. So Homer calls himself doing the right thing but he gets her a bunch of movies about plane crashes. And one of those movies was Alive. And of course March was watching a part you just hear the audio where you hear people chewing on something. And all at the same time they scream we're alive. And one of the passengers said we sure are. Got another passenger said pass me another hunk of copilot.
This brings me back to high school when I first learnt about this through the film Alive. Such a tragic and incredible story of survival.
I had never heard about this story before, until I came across your page. Unreal 🤯 you told it brilliantly 👏🏾!
Getting into bed with slight jetlag from my holidays hoping and praying there would be some history content waiting for me, you always deliver Georgia 🥰
My daughter and I made a pact if anything like this ever happened to us we could eat each other to survive. It was because of this story and the Donnner party. It’s horrible to even think of but it makes us both feel better to have permission.
Awesome 👏👏👏
Great video! If you ever visit Montevideo, there is a little museum dedicated to this accident. The owner is a personal friend of many of the Victims and it is done tastefully and respectfully. I really recommend visiting
OH GEORGIA YOU SO GOOD I WAS A CHILD WHEN THIS HAPPENED THIS WAS A BIG NEWS THAN THANK YOU SO MUCH
It's one of my favourite stories of human perseverance through the toughest of circumstances. They did what had to be done - I will never be one to judge them for it, in the same circumstances I'm sure I'd be conflicted about doing it too but in the end probably do what's needed to survive. Bravo to these extraordinary men.
I love this story. I first heard about it when Alive was released and then read the book after I saw the movie. Such an amazing story.
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In the US, people generally pronounce Chile like the food chili. In Spanish, it’s pronounced Chee-lay. So it really depends on where you’re from. Such an interesting video!
This is such a sad story, despite the spirit of survival that is within it! This is one of those tragedies which fill me with so many conflicting emotions, especially when I think of what I would have done in such a situation and I am not speaking only about the anthropophagy.
Whenever I am on a plane, I always think I would prefer to die on impact instead of surviving if something like this happens. I know survival is our primary instinct, but that is how I generally feel about surviving an accident of that magnitude. I would rather have a quick death than a slow agonizing one. My maternal grandfather survived a very severe trainwreck during the early part of the 20th century. Without going into details, the consequences of that accident continues to haunt that side of my family.
I also cannot imagine how deeply mentally and emotionally scarring the experience of consuming the flesh of human beings would be for other human beings, especially when they are people you know and have had relationships with. I don't know if I have the mental and emotional strength to survive something like that in the long run, even if I do survive physically.
I loved the movie and know alot of the details.thanks for your telling of the story very riveting!.
The survivors say the film 'Alive' is not the real story. It is a very superficial adaptation that leaves out the amazing teamwork that took the 16 survivors out of the mountains. A lot of the facts and characters were changed in order to give Ethan Hawke's character the role of the 'superhero'.
I had to read the book "Alive" in a college psychology course... it was a very hard read... what they had to go through. Even though it was years ago, it's till one of few things I read in my schooling that has still stuck with me.
Thanks
How relieving that what made you cry, was a positive emotion.
i love listening to catastrophes before bedtime
Unfortunately, for many years this event was mostly known in the world because of the film 'Alive', a completely distorted version of the real story. And even worse, most of the videos in English on this incident are based on that movie. The survivors think it's superficial and unrealistic.
In 'Alive', a lot of the facts were changed (not minor details) and others were made up just to give Ethan Hawke's character the role of the 'superhero', whereas the other characters are practically passive spectators who depend entirely on Nando's initiative. In reality, what took those young men out of the mountains was the extraordinary team work, the resourcefulness and the heroic actions of the whole group, including many of those who died in the snow.
The main leaders 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 stranded in the Andes.
The human resource to survive is unreal. No matter what, our animal instincts come to live when faced with enormous difficulties. RIP to those who perished.
The podcast Against all Odds did a season on this podcast. I was blown away when I had first heard it. It’s amazing what the human body is capable of!
Hi Georgia, I'm Chilean and your pronunciation is great
stories like this are terrifying to me
Amazing video as always, handled with utmost respect! Additionally of note is that many of the survivors of the crash were deeply Catholic, and they believed that the souls of the dead were already in heaven and what they did was akin to holy communion of “the body and blood of Christ” which helped them make the decision to do what they had to do to survive. I think the Catholic Church declaring publicly that they did the right thing and should not be judged was great and probably also gave them a lot of peace.
Could you consider doing a video on the case of Moriah Wilson? She was a upcoming cyclist star who got murdered by another girl who then went on the run.
Watching videos like this is why I’m terrified to get on a plane 😩😩
love this and the Everest video
I literally watched the film of this last night.
Wow, those guys who trekked through the numerous mountains were incredibly brave.
Very well done. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but Netflix is currently working on a show about this incident that should be released this year. It’s called Society of the Snow and will feature Uruguay & Argentina actors. I’m assuming it will be a miniseries which would be great.
I should also point out that the Fairchild Hiller FH-227 accident record is a bit deceiving. I took the time to go through those records awhile ago and the vast majority of them were attributed to pilot error, as what happened with this flight.
Of course it happened on friday the 13th on October
If I’m ever in a similar situation then anyone is welcome to eat my body. The spirit has gone away and all that’s left behind is meat. Those guys were awesome, and I mourn those who died, I felt this story to my core too.
Friday the 13th you say?👀
40:16 - Why is Nando Parrado not in the picture?
Im earlyyyy! Hi !
If I was in that situation and I was gone I’d be honored if my boys ate me to survive.
I've seem the film regarding this disaster quite a few times, I wonder how true it is to the actual events.
It is no true at all. A lot of the facts were changed, and the remarkable teamwork developed by the survivors (and many of those who didn't make it out of the mountains) and their heroic actions were left out in order to give Ethan Hawke's character the role of the 'superhero'. That's why the survivors don't like it and call it 'the Disney version'.
This reminds me of the story of the ship Endurance. It was trapped in ice and sank off Antarctica in 1915, but the whole crew of 27 made it back to civilization months later.
i think you are the first english speaking person to pronounce Chile correctly lol we stan
You chose the correct pronunciation of Chile!
Disney made a great movie about this, it used to be on Netflix? It’s called Alive I think. Such a crazy insane story!
The survivors don't like that movie, they say that's not the real story. A picnic compared to what they really lived and suffered in the Andes.
Just commenting for the algorithm ❤️🧡
I was in the crash site and you can found some bones yet
In my opinion they are champions. Let's be honest faced with everything they went through most people today would have died. They did what they had to do! they were brave , smart, organized and resourceful you don't see those qualities in young people anymore ; at least not here.
I gave my friends permission to eat me if we ever end up on a deserted island or something similar.
I’m one of your plane nerds ✈️🤓, but this plane is too old, so doesn’t mean much to me either 😅. That is actually how you pronounce Chile, but either way, you did a great job, as always 😊😁