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Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
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Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Airplane crash survival -- Andes Region.
Aircraft accidents -- Andes Region.
Aircraft accident victims -- Uruguay -- Biography.
Rugby football players -- Uruguay.
Heart surgeons -- Uruguay -- Biography.
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Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Airplane crash survival -- Andes Region.
Aircraft accidents -- Andes Region.
Aircraft accident victims -- Uruguay -- Biography.
Rugby football players -- Uruguay.
Heart surgeons -- Uruguay -- Biography.
MARC Display
I
had to
survive
:
how
a
plane
crash
in the
Andes
inspired
my
calling
to
save
lives
/ Roberto Canessa and Pablo Vierci ; translated by Carlos Frias.
by
Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Atria Books, 2016.
Call #:
982.6 C221i
Subjects
Canessa, Roberto, 1953-
Airplane
crash
survival --
Andes
Region.
Aircraft accidents --
Andes
Region.
Aircraft accident victims -- Uruguay -- Biography.
Rugby football players -- Uruguay.
Heart surgeons -- Uruguay -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781476765440 (hc.)
1476765448 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Yo tenía que sobrevivir. English.
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description:
290 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Yo tenía que sobrevivir.
Summary:
"On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force
plane
carrying members of a rugby team - and many of their friends and family members - crashed into the
Andes
Mountains. A gripping recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become a leading pediatric cardiologist. As he tended to his wounded teammates amidst the devastating carnage of the wreck, rugby player Roberto Canessa, a second-year medical student at the time, realized that no one on earth was luckier: he was alive, and for that, he should be eternally grateful. As the starving group struggled beyond the limits of what seemed possible, Canessa journeyed with a companion across the hostile mountain range for help. This fine line between life and death became the catalyst for the rest of his life. Canessa also draws a parallel between his work as a doctor performing arduous heart surgeries on infants and unborn babies and the difficult life-changing decisions he was forced to make in the
Andes
. Dr. Roberto Canessa was one of sixteen young rugby players who endured months of severe cold, injuries, starvation, and isolation after their
plane
crashed into the snowcapped
Andes
- an event that
inspired
the film Alive. He is a pediatric cardiologist recognized worldwide for his work, particularly with newborn patients and patients in utero, at the Italian Hospital of Montevideo."--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Vierci, Pablo, 1950-
Frías, Carlos.
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