Survivor Roberto Canessa relives 1972 plane crash in the Andes
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On December 21, 1972, two members of a rugby team from Uruguay - who had been walking through the snow-capped Andes mountains in search of civilization - encountered a shepherd. Forty-five years later, survivor Roberto Canessa remembers their agonizing ordeal for “Americas Now.”
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Roberto Canessa: The tale of one 1972 Andes plane crash survivor and what the ultimate survival guide taught him
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Survivor Roberto Canessa relives 1972 plane crash in the Andes
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Survivor Roberto Canessa relives 1972 plane crash in the Andes
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No Regrets Resorting To Cannibalism': Survivors Of 1972 Andes Plane Crash
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Andes plane crash survivor Roberto Canessa on eating his friends' bodies
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Roberto Canessa relives a plane crash in the Andes 45 years ago, Video
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Survivor of 1972 plane crash who resorted to cannibalism to survive in Andes Mountains speaks out
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