Andes Plane Crash Survivor, Roberto Canessa, Trekked for 10 Days to Find Help and Suggested Cannibalism to Survive
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Roberto Canessa, a survivor of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes, made headlines once again as he revealed that he was the one who suggested resorting to cannibalism to survive. The now 70-year-old Canessa trekked through the mountains for ten days in search of help for the survivors after the crash. Canessa, then a 19-year-old medical student in Uruguay, was one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight …