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There is nothing unusual about this photo until you notice the nibbled human spine in the lower right corner. The heroes of the photo are the players of the Uruguayan rugby team Old Cristians, survivors of a plane crash on October 13, 1972: their plane crashed in the Andes. Of the 40 passengers and five crew members, 12 died in the crash or shortly thereafter; five more died the next morning. Search operations ceased on the eighth day, and the survivors had to fight for their lives for more than two months. Food supplies quickly ran out, and they had to feed on the frozen corpses of their friends. Without waiting for help, some of the survivors made the dangerous and long trek across the mountains, which proved successful. Sixteen men survived. Join 👉🏼 A History of Murderers 📰