ALP

V: Hi, Gonzalo. How have you been?

G:I'm fine and you?

V: That’s great, I’m fine too. Oh, Did you know that October 13 was the
50th anniversary of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force flight 571?

G: I've heard about it, but I don't know much about it. Could you refresh
my memory? or give me more details?

V: The plane had been chartered to fly the Old Christians Rugby Club of
Montevideo, Uruguay to a match in Santiago. Flying through the cloud-
obscured mountains, the co-pilot began his descent prematurely.
Survivors recalled feeling turbulence before a black ridge appeared
directly in front of the plane. How many people do you think survived?

G: If I remember correctly, sixteen people survived and 29 people died

during and after the plane crashed in the mountain range. Is this correct?

V: Yes, only 16 of the 45 who boarded the plane survived but 12 people
died in the crash, including the pilot, and five more died shortly
thereafter, including the co-pilot who had been operating the controls. Do
you know how many days they stayed there?

G :On December 23, 1972 all the survivors were found 72 days after the
crash, rescuing the last of the sixteen survivors who had been left in the
fuselage.

V: I believe that these people were very courageous and resilient,

however I think the Chilean Air Search and Rescue Service was not well
prepared. 72 days with no food, no water, no family and no connection
to the world takes a lot of courage. Don't you think so?

G: Yes, of course, besides having to endure heavy frosts, the

desperation to communicate only to discover that the radio and gps had
broken down and to see how many of his colleagues were dying of cold
and starvation and having to move on, it takes a lot of courage and
being very mature to face the horrible situations.

V: Certain that they were going to their deaths, Parrado and Canessa,
two determined survivors, hiked onward for nine more days, eventually
following a river down into a valley where they were able to find help.
After being rescued by a local muleteer, they guided two Chilean Air
Force helicopters to the crash site, where half the survivors were
evacuated on December 22 and the rest were evacuated on the morning
of the 23rd.

G:Even knowing that they were very determined to get out of there
safely, doesn't it seem strange that they survived for 72 days in the
middle of all that blizzard and snowfall? It is hard to believe to me that
they survived even if there were only 16 people.

V: It's a hard story to believe it happened. The survivors were

resourceful about surviving.They hadn't GPS or thermal clothes to
survive but they were rescued. Now they value life so much because
they were very close to missing it.

v:.....

G: OK , I GO TO CLASS TOO

V…..