Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"We survived on herbs, cheese, snow, and..."
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Books by survivors of the crash:
"Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home" by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause bookshop.org/books/miracle-in-the-andes-72-days-on-the-mountain-and-my-long-trek-home/9781400097692
"I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" by Roberto Canessa and Pablo Vierci bookshop.org/books/i-had-to-survive-how-a-plane-crash-in-the-andes-inspired-my-calling-to-save-lives/9781476765457
"Out of the Silence: After the Crash" by Eduardo Strauch, Mireya Soriano, and Jennie Erikson (translator) bookshop.org/books/out-of-the-silence-after-the-crash/9781542042956
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Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics & Boy on Milk Carton: Landis Blair (@landisblair)
This video was largely informed by "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors" by Piers Paul Read, "I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" by Pablo Vierci and Roberto Canessa, and "Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home" by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause. Thank you to these authors, especially Mr. Canessa and Mr. Parrado for their candid, earnest, thoughtful accounts of survival.
Special thanks to Margarita Abadie for her guidance on the pronunciation of names!
***SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING***
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Read, Piers Paul. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003 (reissue).
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Parrado, Nando; Rause, Vince. Crown Publishing Group/Random House, Inc., 2006
I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives
Canessa, Roberto; Vierci, Pablo. Atria/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016
"Story Of The 1972 Andes Plane Crash In 'Out Of The Silence'"
npr.org/2019/06/09/731044367/story-of-the-1972-andes-plane-crash-in-out-of-the-silence
"70 Days Battling Starvation and Freezing in the Andes: A Chronicle of Man's Unwillingness to Die"
nytimes.com/1973/01/01/archives/70-days-battling-starvalion-and-freezing-in-the-andes-a-chronicle.html
"After the Andes"
washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/11/05/after-the-andes/962054ad-fde2-4c87-9e6d-c656fee2dc49
"Haunted by cannibalism: ‘I will never forget that first incision’"
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/haunted-by-cannibalism-i-will-never-forget-that-first-incision
"We survived on herbs, cheese, snow, and..."
Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible!
patreon.com/thegooddeath
Books by survivors of the crash:
"Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home" by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause bookshop.org/books/miracle-in-the-andes-72-days-on-the-mountain-and-my-long-trek-home/9781400097692
"I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" by Roberto Canessa and Pablo Vierci bookshop.org/books/i-had-to-survive-how-a-plane-crash-in-the-andes-inspired-my-calling-to-save-lives/9781476765457
"Out of the Silence: After the Crash" by Eduardo Strauch, Mireya Soriano, and Jennie Erikson (translator) bookshop.org/books/out-of-the-silence-after-the-crash/9781542042956
***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT***
Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: patreon.com/thegooddeath
Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: bit.ly/3iaz9jN
Shop our advocacy wear: the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com
***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES***
Books: caitlindoughty.com/books
MORTAL course: mortalcourse.com
Our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/2yK6c6G
Spotify: spoti.fi/2QZEVEM
Google Play: bit.ly/2AdEvoj
The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: orderofthegooddeath.com
***SOCIALS***
Order Instagram: instagram.com/ordergooddeath
Caitlin Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath
Order Twitter: twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath
***CREDITS***
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics & Boy on Milk Carton: Landis Blair (@landisblair)
This video was largely informed by "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors" by Piers Paul Read, "I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" by Pablo Vierci and Roberto Canessa, and "Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home" by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause. Thank you to these authors, especially Mr. Canessa and Mr. Parrado for their candid, earnest, thoughtful accounts of survival.
Special thanks to Margarita Abadie for her guidance on the pronunciation of names!
***SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING***
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Read, Piers Paul. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003 (reissue).
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Parrado, Nando; Rause, Vince. Crown Publishing Group/Random House, Inc., 2006
I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives
Canessa, Roberto; Vierci, Pablo. Atria/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016
"Story Of The 1972 Andes Plane Crash In 'Out Of The Silence'"
npr.org/2019/06/09/731044367/story-of-the-1972-andes-plane-crash-in-out-of-the-silence
"70 Days Battling Starvation and Freezing in the Andes: A Chronicle of Man's Unwillingness to Die"
nytimes.com/1973/01/01/archives/70-days-battling-starvalion-and-freezing-in-the-andes-a-chronicle.html
"After the Andes"
washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/11/05/after-the-andes/962054ad-fde2-4c87-9e6d-c656fee2dc49
"Haunted by cannibalism: ‘I will never forget that first incision’"
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/haunted-by-cannibalism-i-will-never-forget-that-first-incision
