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Wallet Found, 32 Years Later (From the '72 "Alive" Plane Crash)
Wilmington Star ^
| February 26. 2005
Posted on 05/31/2005 8:43:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - One of 16 survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash made famous by the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read has gotten his wallet and jacket back 32 years.
Eduardo Strauch, who survived 72 days in mountain snows, got the aged wallet, drivers license and other personal items Wednesday, a week after they were found in the Andes by a mountain climber.
Mr. Strauch, 57, was aboard a flight with fellow rugby players, relatives and friends when their plane crashed high in the Andes on Oct. 12, 1972.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1972; andes; eduardostrauch; found; planecrash; rugby; survivor; uruguay
To: nickcarraway
Was the cash still in it?
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:45:04 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: nickcarraway; cyborg; Miss Behave; fortunecookie; onyx
...a week after they were found in the Andes by a mountain climber.Wisely, the unnamed climber left behind the 23-year-old bottle of A1 "steak" sauce.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:45:36 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: nickcarraway
Where's my wallet? I lost mine in the 80's in a great america ride.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:45:50 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: Petronski
Or 33-year-old bottle.
I need sleep.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:46:07 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: nickcarraway
Astonishing! I remember when that happened and loved the book.
Quite a story!
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:46:10 PM PDT
by
Mears
(Keep the government out of my face!)
To: nickcarraway
Good thing they didn't find any food supplies. They'd all have some explaining to do.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:46:14 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
I haven't seen it. You can't prove anything.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:46:36 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: Mears
Did it come with a cook book?
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:47:34 PM PDT
by
nickcarraway
(I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
To: Petronski
Petronski wrote:
I haven't seen it. You can't prove anything.
---> Thanks alot! that makes me more desparate /sarc!
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:49:14 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:49:35 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(The Ice Cream Truck in my Neighborhood Plays Helter Skelter)
To: nickcarraway
Now you cut that out!!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:49:55 PM PDT
by
Mears
(Keep the government out of my face!)
To: nickcarraway
"To Serve Man"
How did you know?!?
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:50:15 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: SteveMcKing
And opened bottles of Chianti!
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:50:20 PM PDT
by
CO Gal
(Liberals should be seen, but not heard..)
To: Petronski
But seriously, I did loose a wallet when i was a kid on one of those rides. Your right, i probably didn't have any ID in it, i was smarter than the average bear, (ahead of theft identitity) :P
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:51:38 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: ExpatGator
What? That's as good as money, sir. Those are I.O.U.'s.
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:52:02 PM PDT
by
Xenophobic Alien
(OK gang, you know the rules, no humping, no licking, no sniffing hineys.)
To: ExpatGator; nickcarraway; pissant
More importantly - is the trojan still in it!?
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:52:04 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(May 31, 1678, Tax protester, Lady Godiva, rode naked through Coventry)
To: Dashing Dasher
More importantly - is the trojan still in it!?"One man's hair comb. One Timex digital watch, broken. Two gold-plated finger rings. One unused prophylactic, one . . . . soiled."
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:55:27 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: Petronski
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posted on
05/31/2005 8:56:16 PM PDT
by
nickcarraway
(I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
To: Petronski
"Wisely, the unnamed climber left behind the 23-year-old bottle of A1 "steak" sauce."LOL, Ski. You bad.
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posted on
05/31/2005 9:47:43 PM PDT
by
Miss Behave
(Do androids dream of electric sheep?)
To: Mears
I saw the movie and it was gut-wrenching.
To: CO Gal
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posted on
05/31/2005 9:54:14 PM PDT
by
Spyder
(I'm in the WPPFF)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I saw the movie and it was gut-wrenching.Didn't see the movie but read the book, I was suprised that the "Alive" survivors, went to "drastic" methods so much sooner than the Downer parity folks. Glad I've never been that sort of spot.
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posted on
05/31/2005 10:20:16 PM PDT
by
MilspecRob
(Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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