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El 13 de octubre de 1972, un avión de la Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, que llevaba al equipo de rugby Old Christians—y muchos de sus amigos y familiares— se estrelló en medio de la cordillera de los Andes. Tenía que sobrevivir es el relato cautivante y desgarrador de esa larga experiencia con la muerte que... Read More about Tenía que sobrevivir (I Had to Survive Spanish Edition): Cómo un accidente aéreo en los Andes inspiró mi vocación para salvar vidas (Atria Espanol)

Dr. Roberto Canessa recounts his side of the famous 1972 plane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andean Mountains and how, decades later, the harrowing journey to survive propelled him to become one of the world’s leading pediatric cardiologists, seeing in his patients the same fierce w... Read More about I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives

On October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that prope... Read More about I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives

On October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that prope... Read More about I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives