45 Photos Telling The Full Story Of The Miraculous Andes Tragedy
The Search Was Coming To An End
When Parrado and Canessa encountered the muleteer Catalán and his two companions, one of them remembered hearing about the downed plane from Vilaró, who had inquired about it a few weeks earlier. They relayed that the artist was in Chile, persistently searching for them. This was a decisive moment in one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the contemporary era, signaling the beginning of the search’s end.
Families of plane crash victims often endure long periods of uncertainty, as swift and successful rescues are not always guaranteed. The revelation that they were being actively sought was a second piece of heartening news for the survivors that they would return home.
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