Tonight, on ‘Lo de Évole’, the Strauch cousins, survivors of the dramatic crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, shared shocking details about the moment that changed their lives forever. Sitting around a table with Jordi Évole, Eduardo Strauch, Adolfo ‘Fito’ Strauch and Daniel Fernández Strauch emotionally remembered the moment the plane crashed in the Andes.
“I thought I was still flying and I was waiting for the final blow,” said one of the Strauch cousins, describing the intensity of the moment of impact. Another added that the aircraft split in two, plunging the occupants into chaos and confusion in the middle of the mountains.
The interview, titled ‘Los de la Nieve’, allowed viewers to learn in detail about the nightmare experienced by the cousins, agricultural engineers and architect, as they fought to survive in extreme conditions for 72 days.
“It was total chaos. We couldn’t do anything more than try to close a little and freeze to death, squeezed together,” said ‘Fito’ Strauch when remembering the first night after the accident. The fear was that people would fall asleep and freeze, so they constantly checked to see if their companions were awake.
The interview also offered a glimpse into the moment when the cousins ??faced the dilemma of breaking the taboo of cannibalism to survive. “I thought we had to do something because we couldn’t get out of there, and I thought we had to eat the bodies. Either we ate and broke the taboo, or we died,” confessed ‘Fito’ Strauch.
With these original statements, ‘Lo de Évole’ provided a unique and intimate look at the shocking moment of the accident that marked the history of aviation and survival.
