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I Had to Eat My Friends to Survive

Pedro Algorta was one of 16 passengers to survive an infamous plane crash in the Andes in 1972. For 70 days the group went to unimaginable lengths to stay alive.

Pedro Algorta was one of 16 passengers to survive an infamous plane crash in the Andes in 1972. Stranded in the snow-covered mountains for 70 days, the group went to unimaginable lengths to stay alive.

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(Photo: Survivors of the Andes plane crash, 1972, with kind permission from Pedro Algorta)

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Fri 11 Mar 2016 06:06GMT

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