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Main character is Nando
Going on vacation to Santiago with Rugby team
Must stop at Spanish village because of weather
Pilots decide through the players will to continue after stopping for the night
Went to Catholic Irish school where the brothers made them stop playing soccer and
taught them rugby for moral reasons
Guido and Panchito are his 2 best friends.
Panchito was accepted as a brother and son in Nandos family
Nando believes he is a good son, hard worker, trustworthy friend, and an honest
and decent person. He loves to live in the moment and not worry about the future.
After plane crash, Nando was in a coma and wakes up to find out his skull is in pieces and his mother and two best friends are dead
A voice tells him not to cry and that they are in the past
Shows Nando strength and courage to move on so quickly
Protects his injured sister. Always felt it was his job ever since he was young
Heartbroken for his father
Thought of keeping Suzy warm kept him sane
Nando finds that there is no life on Andes. Realizes where he is
Pilot was forced to fly through Planchón Pass with 0 visibility
Plane crashed into a ridge. Slided down mountain on perfect slope
Everyone prayed. Shows faith
Roberto Cannessa and Gustavo Zerbino not injured
Thought he was dead and they couldn’t help
32 alive
Built wall of snow for cover
Blankets were made out of seats
People who had less chance of living were colder area and hotter area to healthy
People took leadership
Perez was credited with early success
Hoped for survival and rescue. Faithful that a search group will be there soon.
Marcelo made sure they had faith
Ate chocolate to survive at first.
Suzy dies and only 27 remain. Shows Nando’s strength to not give up after a loved
one has died
Nando begins to question his faith. Is God even there?
The survivors begin to eat their dead friends so they survive. Shows determination to
live.
Also uses dead for warmth
The survivors begin to realize that help might not come after all. Lose help and
determination.
Will this be detrimental to there survival?
Nando, Fito, Numa, and Roberto leave the plane to find help for the others that remain.
Attempt to climb the mountain. They fail at first.
Group returns and avalanche hit the plane and buried it.
They digged a hole through the snow. Very tiring and many lost hope and gave up.
Nando has nightmare of getting cut up. Turns out to be wind against his cuts. Shows how he is now getting affected mentally.
Nando was losing hope
They find the tail of the plane after traveling and it has more cushions and baggage.
They also find a battery. This can be used to turn on the radio and contact help.
Find cigarettes. Form of heat. Also got insulation
Nando is very scared to climb mountain. Doesn’t have faith and hope and won’t
know if he’ll live.
Nando gave Carlitos a red shoe. Helps hope
Begin to climb the mountain in warmest time of day.
Water bottle breaks
A member of the group almost falls off the mountain but Roberto saves him. They are
in this together
So far it is a very long trip. Didn’t have a lot of energy to move
Roberto sees a road. Hope?
They plan on walking through the even land of The Valley. Only problem is the walk
down from the mountain
None of them are very balanced and they’re weak.
Nando makes a sled for them to go down Incase they fall down
They get down the mountain and they see a man riding on a horse. Begin to
communicate
Gain hope now that there is civilization
They throw rocks with messages on them to communicate
Farmer receives these messages and got the group food
They also then get help from the farmer and Nando takes a helicopter to find the rest of
group.
Shows how Nando doesn’t give up or forget.
The rest of the survivors were rescued and placed in the hospital
Turns out they were on the mountain for 70 days.
Released on December 23 and Nando fulfills promise to be home by Christmas
Nando meets up with his sister she comforts him and welcomes him home
He then goes to a race and meets one of his favorite race car driver
All of his perseverance allowed him to live to this day. Had faith, hope, and trust in
God.
Nando finally returns to Uruguay and meets back with his father
Decide to throw away any reminisce of his mom and sister to avoid pain and
sadness of them not being there
Nando got married and began to live a normal life.
All survivors meet up every December to remember the ones who were lost and to
celebrate survival. Shows the connection between them
Only 16 survived overall
Overall, the people on that plane were too close to be separated. They were a
family in their own way and anyone who experiences a traumatic event like that automatically is. There friendship will live on till the day they die and they will always be there for one another.
5 traits about Nando
Hardworking, perseverance, bravery, strength, and faithful.
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