I Had to Survive
Subtitle: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: Mar 21, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781476765457
Description: AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. On October 13, 1972, an Uruguayan air force plane carrying members of the Old Christians rugby team and many of their friends and family members crashed in the Andes mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world s leading pediatric cardiologists. As he tended to his wounded teammates amidst the devastating carnage, rugby player Roberto Canessa, a second-year medical student at the time, realized that no one on earth was luckier: he was alive and for that, he should be eternally grateful. As the starving group struggled beyond the limits of what seemed possible, Canessa played a key role in safeguarding his fellow survivors, eventually trekking with a companion across the hostile mountain range for help. No one could have imagined that there were survivors from the accident in such extreme conditions.
Notes: Source title: I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives