We were standing and waiting, shuffling ourselves down the aisle of the plane to get to our assigned seats. I had been digging deep into Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 recently and there I was boarding this aircraft. I've been on so many planes in my life, I've seen Final Destination, and I have anxiety so of course I've thought about what I'd do if I was on an airplane that crashed. Crashed and survived.

What would I do?

What would I really be able to do in order to survive?

Those are answers I'd like to go the rest of my life without knowing.

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Society of the Snow premieres in select theaters December 22, 2023 and available on Netflix January 4, 2024.

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TW: death, mention of body parts (skin, organs, blood, etc.)

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corazoncitos.org.uy

robertocanessa.com

parrado.com

carlitospaez.com

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Nando Parrado's TEDtalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0V_6fgDcA

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Some sources include the following:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uruguayan-air-force-flight-571-crashes-in-the-andes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/nando-parrado-andes-plane-crash-1972-rugby-team

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMSSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false

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