On October 13, 1972, forty-five people on board departed from Uruguay to Chile. The small plane crashed onto a frosty mountain in the Andes. Ten weeks later, it was considered as one of the most harrowing nightmare in recorded history. Successfully, sixteen people were rescued from the accident. In between, the survivors suffered spiritually and physically where they became powerless every following day. Equally important, the eating of human flesh of their dead companions. Nevertheless, it was a miracle that sixteen people survive without food, without water, without heat or decent shelter, among countless mortal and life-threatening laceration and a host of personal tortures.In my opinion, if I were in a similar tragic situation the skills …show more content…
According to Roberto Canessa’s interview, a hero of the Andes plane crash stated his memories “That was how we moved forward to our objective. What kept us strong was thinking about the next day “maybe tomorrow” was what kept us alive 72 days, “maybe tomorrow” we’ll get out of here, “maybe tomorrow” we’ll reach the summit, “maybe tomorrow” was our motive.” Patience is a crucial feature that helps to not lose hope, faith and mercy. It is also one of the virtues that I will intensively need to possess. Patience is largely needed especially in times of sorrow, discouragement, and anguish. If I don’t have patience in life, I will probably make decisions straightaway and this would lead to a more tangled situation. Dr. Canessa, also recalls the moment when he ate the flesh of one of the passengers dead body. It was hostile. Through the eyes of our enlightened society it was a nauseating choice. My respect was on the floor needing to get a bit of my dead companion and consume it keeping in mind the end goal to survive, yet then I thought about my mother and needed to try my hardest to return to see her. I gulped a piece and it was a colossal venture, after which nothing happened (Canessa’s Interview). When there is no food to be found and at this state it could ultimately lead to death, there is no
Are you focused on what you're doing and thinking during an emergency? Do you just give up if you’re stuck in a problem? In the Scholastic Scope article, “Disaster in Space,” it teaches us that in an emergency, we should remain calm and focused on the problem and to never give up, as the astronauts and engineers involved in the Apollo 13 mission did during an emergency on the spacecraft. These processes are exemplified in the Scholastic Scope article, “Disaster in Space” when it talks about how three astronauts handle an emergency that would have costed their lives. In conclusion, in the Scholastic Scope article, “Disaster in Space,” it teaches us that in an emergency, we should remain calm and focused on the problem, use our ingenuity, and never give up, as the astronauts and engineers involved in the Apollo 13 mission did during an emergency on the spacecraft.
“If you can dream—and not make dreams your master, If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim…” Difficulties and Disasters happen quite often, but do not take them seriously because they are not the substance of life, they are the obstacles. “In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed.” Regardless of the situation, the author is able to tolerate it.
My grandfather was asleep one night on a Coast Guard cutter when another ship, a destroyer, appeared in the distance. The destroyer hit my grandfather's ship in the exact spot where he was sleeping. When he awoke, he found himself in the freezing water, watching his friends swim ashore to safety. They were leaving my grandfather there to die.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
Libya and the United States had endured constant tensions throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century because of their conflicting ideas on terrorism. The United States was involved in a bombing on Libya that had an effect towards the Libyan leader. These tensions built up until someone took drastic measures. On December 21, 1988, the Pan American flight 103 was bombed as a result of these long standing tensions between the United States and Libya.
Many people encounter perseverance throughout their life in certain events. Buck from the Call of the Wild, is taken from a place like home to him and thrown into a harsh environment he is not used to. Similar to that, my mom was living a normal life when suddenly she had to stay strong for the family due to her brother near death from a tragic wreck. Even though they differ, both had to adapt to the life changing experiences and stay mentally strong.
Brian Robeson was a 13-year-old boy flying in a bush plane when something very bad happened, a tragedy, but there was nothing Brian could do, how could he survive now? Brian changed his life all because of a plane crash, he went from being a hateful and sad boy ruined by the secret and divorce between his parents, to a boy who could catch fish, make fire, hunt for animals, build a shelter, survive in the wild on his own, a boy was happy to be alive, a boy who was happy with how his life was.
It happened on November 10, 1975. Edmund Fitzgerald was about to make its trip to Detroit MI with only one mission at hand: to deliver ore. That was all there was to it. But the members of the ship had gotten much more than what they had bargained for. They thought that they would be okay. Or so they thought?
In addition, the need to survive in a life or death situation navigates people to get through. “I don’t know what made me so supple and strong that day, but I felt no hardship, no
This report is on the Crossair flight 3597 crash which happens at Zurich airport on 24th November 2001. Analysis of Crossair flight 3597 will be covered, which includes details such as facts of Crossair flight 3597 crash, and the three contributing factors involved in the air accident. The three contributing factors are mainly Crossair, pilot error and communications with air traffic controllers.
Flight 93, the flight that crashed near some fields in the outskirts of Pennsylvania. But what was it doing there? What caused the plane to miss its target and crash? These answers may soon be revealed when detectives can finally examine the planes black box, found just recently. Many answers however can be found through other pieces of info that have come up along the way during the investigations.
It’s fairly easy for me to go charging into something without thinking about my actions or the consequences. I have found that it is much more difficult to stop, consider the options and find all of the facts. Patience’s is not an easy thing to put into practice, it is something that takes time. Over time I grew more patient and more understanding of situations and people, which has helped me in both my job and in my everyday
When I stepped into the large neatly organized white polished plane, I never though something would go wrong. I woke up and found myself on an extremely hot bright sunny desert island filled with shiny soft bright green palm trees containing rough bright yellow hard felt juicy apples. The simple strong plane I was in earlier shattered into little pieces of broken glass and metal when crashing onto the wet slimy coffee colored sand and burning with red orange colored flames. After my realization to this heart throbbing incident I began to run pressing my eight inch footsteps into the wet squishy slimy light brown sand looking in every direction with my wide open eyes filled with confusion in search of other survivors. After finding four other survivors we began moving our small petite weak legs fifty inches from the painful incident. Reaching our destination which was a tiny space filled with dark shade blocking the extreme heat coming from the bright blue sky, I felt my eyelids slowly moving down my light colored hazel eyes and found myself in a dream. I was awakened the next day from a grumbling noise coming from my empty stomach.
How many times have an average person flown in an airplane, did people ever think what the world would be like without them? Airplanes have provided people with opportunities to go all over the world to experience different cultures and places. They also create jobs for many people which contributes to how they boost the economy. In conclusion, they appear as a more clean way to travel, helping out the Earth. The airplane was one of the most important inventions due to it creating jobs, creating easier cultural access, causes economic boosts, and created less pollution than most means of travel and also has an interesting history.
Towards the end of 1989, my family and I were on vacation in Fort Myers, Florida. We drove from Trenton, New Jersey all the way to Florida where my grandfather lived. It was a long trip to undergo, especially being six years old and knowing that my father never stopped the car. By the time we arrived at Fort Myers, it was a beautiful sunny day. The wind was gusting enough to pull my hair back, and I was admiring the palm trees, coconuts, and lizards near the Gulf of Mexico. The first few days were nice, but little did I know that I would soon be caught in the middle of a twister.