When I Fell From The Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
Autor Juliane Koepckeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mar 2012
On December 24th 1971, the teenage Juliane boarded the packed flight in Peru to meet her father for Christmas. She and her mother fought to get some of the last seats available and felt thankful to have made the flight. The LANSA airplane flew into a heavy thunderstorm and went down in dense Amazon jungle hundreds of miles from civilization.
She fell two miles from the sky, still strapped to her plane seat, into the jungle. She was the sole survivor among the 92 passengers, which included her mother. Juliane's unexplainable survival has been called a modern-day miracle.
With incredible courage, instinct and ingenuity, she crawled and walked alone for 11 days in the green hell of the Amazon. She survived using the skills she'd learned in assisting her parents on their research trips into the jungle before coming across a loggers hut, and, with it, safety. Now she tells her fascinating story for the first time and shares not only the private moments of her survival and rescue but her inspiring life in the wake of the disaster.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781857885835
ISBN-10: 185788583X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: B&W illustrations
Dimensiuni: 137 x 215 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția John Murray
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 185788583X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: B&W illustrations
Dimensiuni: 137 x 215 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția John Murray
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
She did not leave the airplane, the airplane left her.
Juliane Koepcke writes compellingly of the crash and her unusual childhood
Exhilaratingly written.
Her memoir is a gripping account of a harrowing adventure and an inspiring life.
Her account of the 11-day trek is enthralling. In shock and suffering from injuries, she made it to a river s edge without her eyeglasses, wearing just a minidress and one sandal. It was rainy season, so there was no fruit to eat. She was either freezing or boiling, set upon by bugs. She contended with stingrays, snakes, king vultures and caimans. Eventually, local woodcutters found her and mistook her for a water goddess. Brought to safety, she became an international icon of hope.
Juliane Koepcke writes compellingly of the crash and her unusual childhood
Exhilaratingly written.
Her memoir is a gripping account of a harrowing adventure and an inspiring life.
Her account of the 11-day trek is enthralling. In shock and suffering from injuries, she made it to a river s edge without her eyeglasses, wearing just a minidress and one sandal. It was rainy season, so there was no fruit to eat. She was either freezing or boiling, set upon by bugs. She contended with stingrays, snakes, king vultures and caimans. Eventually, local woodcutters found her and mistook her for a water goddess. Brought to safety, she became an international icon of hope.