Posted on 11/28/2016 9:58:36 PM PST by rdl6989
BOGOTA, Colombia — An airplane with 72 people on board, including players from a Brazilian soccer team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.
Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I must have read Alive by Piers Paul Reid 10 times. An awesome story of survival.
Is this the one where they ate the dead?
It gives “rump roast” a whole new meaning
Yes.
And ironically the first thing the survivors ended up eating was someone's buttocks.
Lots of meat.
You really should read the book.
It goes through the agony of how the survivors even thought to do that.
It made them feel terribly guilty and ashamed.
But it did end up saving their lives.
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