Andes plane crash survivor Roberto Canessa on cannibalism and optimism I BBC News

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  • Опубликовано: 26 мар 2024
  • In October 1972, a plane crashed in a remote part of the Andes, and a group of young rugby players survived for 72 days in the snow with no means of finding food.
    Dr Roberto Jorge Canessa is a Uruguayan peadiatric cardiologist and one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.
    Canessa spoke to BBC News about his harrowing experience.
    The survivors were discovered after two of the players trekked for days with no specialist equipment or clothes to get help.
    The starving passengers of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were only able to stay alive by eating the bodies of those who did not survive.
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Комментарии • 124

  • @SGz_Eliminated
    @SGz_Eliminated Месяц назад +65

    'Do you think you'd have survived two months without food' is essentially what she asked, what kind of question is that. The guy is like I did do it and I still lost 30 kilos what do you think

    • @blueblack3591
      @blueblack3591 20 дней назад +2

      Yes true. As if he did it out of malice. He was starving

  • @mesp8574
    @mesp8574 Месяц назад +27

    Roberto, I admire you and all that survived the crash. I love the way you are describing the conditions, you are so down to earth. Thanks for sharing your survival experience, good to see you alive and healthy.

  • @pshaw8406
    @pshaw8406 Месяц назад +20

    "Let me remind you of the story." Literally everyone knows the story. Several years ago the members left of the two rugby teams met and finally played the game they were meant to play.

    • @johng6565
      @johng6565 Месяц назад +2

      Guarantee you that many people don't know this story

  • @johng6565
    @johng6565 Месяц назад +6

    Absolutely incredible and tragic story. Shows how strong the body can be when the mind is committed

    • @dreamthedream8929
      @dreamthedream8929 18 дней назад

      Not really, shows perhaps that his body was healthier and in a better condition to begin with. In concentration camps and gulagi people were passing out and dying left and right and many even died on the way to them. The survivors that we mostly hear from were kids at that time which probably helped to survive in those conditions but older people had tougher time

  • @donnaterra6477
    @donnaterra6477 Месяц назад +3

    I am so happy to see this man who is brave and smart. Hope he is continuing his wonderful life ❤

  • @Hannah-nm9nr
    @Hannah-nm9nr Месяц назад +11

    I read the book when i was in high school (1995 or 96), and i remember everything in that book til now. Even me as a teen just directly approved what they did to survive and wish to tell them that if i were the dead friend i would let them eat my flesh rather than letting them die from starving. From the book i could imagine how it became a nightmare for them when they finally decieded to cut the flesh of their friend and the first time that matchbox size flesh were eaten that they couldn't even chew it. I haven't watch the movie and maybe will not because the book has given me crystal clear vision of their days up there.

  • @FrMarkGoring
    @FrMarkGoring Месяц назад +12

    I really enjoyed this interview. Amazing to hear from an actual survivor and good questions. Thank you!

  • @Lyshie7
    @Lyshie7 Месяц назад +5

    This movie is amazing.. Still shocks me to know it didn't win any oscars. I don't think I've ever felt so many emotions watching any movie before, but this movie made me feel all the emotions.

  • @EmotionlessGamer
    @EmotionlessGamer Месяц назад +2

    A very insightful interview, cannot begin to imagine what I would do if these circumstances had befallen me, gratitude is all I can feel right now

    • @dreamthedream8929
      @dreamthedream8929 18 дней назад

      But you have given yourself a name emotionless and now now talk of some gratitude and imagining what you will do in that situation

  • @VoteForWomensRights
    @VoteForWomensRights Месяц назад +15

    I just recently watched on Netflix. Great movie that makes you question what you would do in the same circumstances.

  • @johnkabwira4396
    @johnkabwira4396 Месяц назад +1

    Ive read the book about their experience, absolutely life changing, makes you appreciate life more!

  • @Lima547
    @Lima547 Месяц назад +16

    Intelligent man! Survived because he was rational!

  • @FPInvention
    @FPInvention Месяц назад +1

    What a life that man has lived!

  • @iamhull723
    @iamhull723 Месяц назад +2

    My there rest in peace 🙏

  • @fernandoorihuela1608
    @fernandoorihuela1608 Месяц назад +8

    The questions are ridiculous
    “What made you come to that decision” (cannibalism)
    “Do you think you would’ve survived without having done that”
    BBC, please do better

  • @umitanonymous3400
    @umitanonymous3400 Месяц назад

    Watched the movie at theatre when it first released, I was a teenager. It was a great story and movie, happy that this survivor still live and teach us how important to be alive and be in peace with nearly everything.

    • @kismetau
      @kismetau 29 дней назад +1

      Do you mean 'Society of the Snow' or a previous movie?

  • @donnah5378
    @donnah5378 Месяц назад +5

    It’s called Survival mode

  • @I_Scorched_You
    @I_Scorched_You Месяц назад +16

    I was just thinking about the society of snow and then this pops up

    • @utubebroadcaster
      @utubebroadcaster Месяц назад +3

      I was thinking of your mum and then she pops up

    • @chicha400
      @chicha400 Месяц назад +1

      @@utubebroadcasterbro’s made over 100 comments on this channel, and the only other 3 I can see are sensible and relevant comments pertaining to the content of each original video. And then you drop a zinger like this. Absolute madman, I’m dead😂😂😂

    • @lockstockand3smokingcarrots
      @lockstockand3smokingcarrots Месяц назад +1

      ​@@utubebroadcasterdam you beat me to it😂😂😂

    • @Mussa.H
      @Mussa.H Месяц назад +1

      I just watched a video earlier today and this event was mentioned in it, now this random interview is uploaded. It’s not even the anniversary of the event so maybe it’s a youtube algorithm or tracking thing? Kinda like when you talk about something, then ads match what you talked about. No idea just guessing 😆

    • @lockstockand3smokingcarrots
      @lockstockand3smokingcarrots Месяц назад +1

      @@Mussa.H it's in the terms and condition that if you allow use of your mic.

  • @desmeisme
    @desmeisme 27 дней назад +1

    You had to do what you had to do. It’s understandable. They’re true survivors. Bless 🙏

  • @andymartinez767
    @andymartinez767 Месяц назад +4

    What a decision to make. I dont know how i would react to this situation. Very disturbing indeed

  • @amandad6104
    @amandad6104 Месяц назад +6

    Very disturbing

  • @Mal1050E
    @Mal1050E Месяц назад

    Society of the snow is an amazing film !! Would recommend

  • @Krystolsenergy
    @Krystolsenergy 26 дней назад

    That’s extreme

  • @user-bi4nm5zp7f
    @user-bi4nm5zp7f Месяц назад +1

    If the temperatures were - i wonder how the managed to get by with the eating….

  • @garden2356
    @garden2356 8 дней назад

    I remember hearing this on our black and white TV as a kid

  • @supremachine
    @supremachine Месяц назад

    Remember watching it on Nat Geo a long time ago

  • @Thissa397
    @Thissa397 Месяц назад +4

    Society of the Snow was very disturbing to watch

  • @MrLewooz
    @MrLewooz Месяц назад +4

    1972: "This plane took of but never arrived at destination ... shall we search????
    - Meh!

    • @Howtohandlemebaby8173
      @Howtohandlemebaby8173 Месяц назад +2

      It was impossible to spot. Watch the movie ffs

    • @garylovell6017
      @garylovell6017 Месяц назад

      Off.

    • @scaryghost5721
      @scaryghost5721 Месяц назад +1

      They did search at first, but failed to find anything so they stop searching.

    • @MrLewooz
      @MrLewooz Месяц назад

      @@scaryghost5721 damned!

  • @nikobellic570
    @nikobellic570 Месяц назад +1

    No flipping me off Maryam?

  • @whoishim2998
    @whoishim2998 Месяц назад +5

    What’s crazy is if they left sooner they’d be alive

    • @ianrivaldosmith
      @ianrivaldosmith 21 день назад +2

      They couldn’t leave sooner, it was winter, they were waiting for spring for a thaw and warmer nights.

  • @abdul-qf2fe
    @abdul-qf2fe Месяц назад +3

    It is an incredible,unheard story that requires a lot of guts to understand what happened then, particularly,the part describing eating human flesh to survive the hardship caused by the plane crash.but telling this story to the kids,that, I don't recommend 😲

    • @ianrivaldosmith
      @ianrivaldosmith 21 день назад

      Unheard? It’s literally been made in to several books and movies over the last 4 decades…

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefits Месяц назад

    There are normal people, and there are people who watch Society of the Snow in a plane.

  • @Michelle_Schu-blacka
    @Michelle_Schu-blacka Месяц назад

    I just watched a video about this a few days ago.
    Either Thoughty² or Ray William Johnson.
    It's a mad story. Personally, I'd rather just wait for death, rather than prolong what seemed inevitable.
    Either wait it out in the wreckage or try and make it back to civilisation and if I don't make it, so be it.

  • @thinkwithvideos2238
    @thinkwithvideos2238 Месяц назад +8

    They did what they could in order to survive.

  • @odeyemiopeyemisamuel
    @odeyemiopeyemisamuel Месяц назад +6

    But at the end we all did what we had to in order to survive.

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher6370 Месяц назад +7

    A non-native using the word "harrowing" impresses me.

  • @jpbergeron2621
    @jpbergeron2621 Месяц назад +3

    It's called Alive xD

  • @pauljansen1137
    @pauljansen1137 Месяц назад +1

    How does human flesh taste....i've heard it doesn't taste very well....Hope i never am forced to be an actual judge.....

    • @BronzeGamer11
      @BronzeGamer11 Месяц назад

      🐔

    • @wildandbarefoot
      @wildandbarefoot Месяц назад +3

      It's like Pork.
      Which makes sense when you think about heart valve transplants.
      It's probably better with a bit of spices.

    • @pauljansen1137
      @pauljansen1137 Месяц назад

      @@wildandbarefoot flesh always tastes bette being marinated😀

    • @amandad6104
      @amandad6104 Месяц назад

      I hear it tastes like ham IDK

  • @gow0753
    @gow0753 Месяц назад +1

    Please save Indian 🇮🇳 democracy

  • @stoundingresults
    @stoundingresults Месяц назад +3

    Roberto looks like Feech La Manaa from Sopranos

  • @Firkinnel
    @Firkinnel Месяц назад

    And the answer to his most asked question is.
    It tastes like pork.

  • @lockstockand3smokingcarrots
    @lockstockand3smokingcarrots Месяц назад +3

    This is crazy because last night i had a dream about chickens and this morning i woke up with a c**k in my hand😂😂😂😂

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 Месяц назад +5

      Whose was it?

    • @lockstockand3smokingcarrots
      @lockstockand3smokingcarrots Месяц назад +1

      @@ge2623ahhh you got me 😆🤣🤣
      Seriously though it was my own 😐

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 Месяц назад +1

      @@lockstockand3smokingcarrots 😁

    • @user-rc5hf7gd4l
      @user-rc5hf7gd4l Месяц назад +1

      bet it wasnt yours

    • @user-rc5hf7gd4l
      @user-rc5hf7gd4l Месяц назад +2

      you couldda woke up with two and had a dream you were skiing

  • @markmonaghan2309
    @markmonaghan2309 Месяц назад +6

    Surely vegetarians would taste better than meat eaters .

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 Месяц назад +3

      Nah, too dry. And don't call me Shirley.

  • @tonysherwood9619
    @tonysherwood9619 Месяц назад +4

    Would this turn you vegetarian?

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 Месяц назад +3

      Nah, vegetarians have no meat on their bones.

    • @tonysherwood9619
      @tonysherwood9619 Месяц назад

      @@ge2623 Are you partial?

  • @NNokia-jz6jb
    @NNokia-jz6jb Месяц назад +2

    🍽️🤦🏼

  • @aeliusromanus9338
    @aeliusromanus9338 Месяц назад +1

    Funny thing is at that time the pope, well fed with the best dishes money can buy, gave his pardon to the survivors because they have eat human flesh.

  • @osthiralmamun
    @osthiralmamun Месяц назад +3

    Anyone else, you help me please how i go to USA ❤

  • @abutaymiyyahal-athari2792
    @abutaymiyyahal-athari2792 Месяц назад +2

    Is she the same lady who was showing middle finger to her colleague?

  • @ius1141
    @ius1141 Месяц назад +2

    do not do that sort of behavior of the unnatural

  • @lordofhowell7158
    @lordofhowell7158 Месяц назад +3

    Has he tried it since? 🕵🏻‍♂️😂

  • @absiyehassan36
    @absiyehassan36 Месяц назад +1

    Why not eat snow instead?

    • @XX-166
      @XX-166 Месяц назад +7

      Snow is not going to sustain you for 2 months in frigid temperatures

    • @13jiwan
      @13jiwan Месяц назад

      That's Because snow don't have Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates... Basic nutritions for surviving.. Simple G.K🤔

    • @thinkwithvideos2238
      @thinkwithvideos2238 Месяц назад +6

      🤦‍♂️

    • @deamy5186
      @deamy5186 Месяц назад +4

      Well, dumb question

  • @ge2623
    @ge2623 Месяц назад +1

    "Cannibalism and Optimism" Wasn't that a Spice Girls song?

  • @ius1141
    @ius1141 Месяц назад

    its not ethical behavior the scythian consumes human flesh

    • @fahid3342
      @fahid3342 Месяц назад

      They were an extremely ancient people without our traditional morals

  • @ius1141
    @ius1141 Месяц назад

    doctor zelensky these are my organs you cannot eat those