DECEMBER 23

On this date in 1972, the 16 survivors of a plane crash high in the Andes mountains were transported to safety.  They had spent 73 days in the bitter cold; surviving an avalanche and living on the flesh of those that had died.  Two of the group made a 10-day trek across a mountain top to find a rancher and alert those that had abandoned the search for their downed aircraft.

The survivors were part of a rugby football team. Their physical fitness and toughness was a big factor in their survival.  When the whole story was told, the question of the ethics of cannibalism was a common topic of discussion around the world.

Would you or wouldn't you?
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