1972 Andes flight disaster
Survivors: “There’s a general feeling that we either die or we do this thing”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLNbm1kZ5g?rel=0&start=4

Survivors of the Andes flight disaster recall the moment they decided to resort to cannibalism about 5 or 6 days after the crash on October 13, 1972. They explain how they first discussed the option of eating the dead and comment on the new world they were forced to create in order to survive. They also remember the spiritual and moral conversation they had about survival versus desecration of the bodies. 16 of the 45 passengers and crew survived the flight with most of them being rescued on December 23, 1972.

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