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201) Yo tenía que sobrevivir: como un accidente aéreo en los Andes inspiró mi vocación para salvar vidas
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2016.
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"On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading pediatric cardiologists. As he tended to his wounded teammates amidst the devastating...
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[2020]
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"By 1977 the University of Evansville's Purple Aces basketball team had won five small-college national championships. With a charismatic young coach and a freshman phenom, this small Indiana city hoped to see its team shine in the national spotlight. Then, on a foggy night, after just four games, the plane carrying the team and its coach crashed after takeoff, killing everyone on board. The tragedy seemed insurmountable, a devastating blow to the...
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2023.
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The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible twenty-three-day crusade to keep his crew alive In the darkest days of World War II, an unlikely civilian was sent to deliver a letter from Washington to General MacArthur in New Guinea. Eddie Rickenbacker was a genuine icon, a pioneer of aviation, the greatest fighter pilot of the First World War, recipient of the Medal...
206) Wild ride
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[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When their plane crashes while on the way to visit their environmentalist parents, who are working to stop a logging company from clear-cutting a remote valley, Devin, Nadia, and Marcus, relying on their survival skills, discover that they are stranded with the enemy.