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Seventy-Two Days: Alive in the Andes | E214

Podcast: The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Published: Feb 9, 2026
Duration seconds: 2494
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In this visceral episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen explore the impossible choices faced by the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Stranded for 72 days in the Andes after their October 13, 1972 crash, 33 people confronted starvation, hypothermia, and death at every turn. Their story—of cannibalism, moral courage, and an epic ten-day rescue trek—reveals what humans become when pushed beyond all limits.