![]() ![]() Alive by Piers Paul Read is the story of their survival.ĭuring the course of two and half months, the victims watch many of their friends die, some from the initial impact, others from their injuries, and some from exposure. On December 23, 1972, 72 days after the crash, sixteen survivors were rescued. On Octoa chartered flight carrying an amateur Uruguayan rugby team, the “Old Christians,” and many of their friends and family en route to Chile, crashed in the Andes. ![]() Well, this was a lesson in listening to my mother, because when I finally started reading Alive and I could not put it down. My Mom had given it to me, insisting that I would “love it” and that it was a “page-turner.” I was skeptical, since it is rare that I find a non-fiction story that is half as epic, fantastical, or engrossing as a story of fiction. When I picked up Alive by Piers Paul Read, it had been sitting on my shelf for over a year. ![]()
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