Carlos 'Carlitos' Páez Rodriguez was a passenger in a plane that crashed in the Andes 50 years ago. He spoke about his experiences in a half-hour interview.
Carlos 'Carlitos' Pace Rodriguez On October 13, 1972, she embarked on a voyage from Uruguay to Chile. Carlos was a competitor Rugby, who was to play with the team in the tournament in Santiago. Due to bad weather and pilot error, Flight 571 crashed in the Andes near the Tinguririca Volcano. There were a total of 45 people on board, including 5 crew members.
72 days of fighting for life
12 people died immediately after the disaster. Five others were initially reported missing after falling from the plane. Their bodies were found on October 24. Five people died on the first night of the accident. On October 28, an avalanche came down from the mountains and buried the hull where 27 people were sleeping. Another 8 people died due to snowfall.
Many podcasts, series, movies and books have been made about the disaster in the Andes. One of them is the Netflix movie “The Brotherhood of Snow,” which tells the story of the survivors of Flight 571. All products focus on one terrifying detail: cannibalism. The people who survived the accident were left without food. He talked about the problem Carlos 'Carlitos' Baez Rodriguez, One of the 17 survivors.
“If you don't eat you will die”
Carlos 'Carlitos' Pace Rodriguez He spoke about the disaster in an episode titled “29 Minutes With…” recorded for LADBible. Rodriguez said that when they realized there was no food, everyone thought the same thing, but no one raised the issue seriously. The idea was to eat the dead passengers, which was considered cannibals. The first to suggest such a solution was rugby player Nando Pararado, who lost his mother and sister in the disaster.
Parado reportedly said he would “eat the pilot”. Based on the fact that the survivors did not know the crew, the rest of the victims were their teammates and families. Eventually, they all decided to commit the act of cannibalism.
– We each made decisions in our own time and ate food when we could do so. It was a process. At first I thought I can't touch my friends body. Then it became natural, almost a daily routine, because food was part of the fuel to get out there. I chose life. I am proud of what I did, he says years later Carlos 'Carlitos' Pace Rodriguez.
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