Nando Parrado
Survivor of the 1972 Andes flight disaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fernando "Nando" Seler Parrado Dolgay (born 9 December 1949) is a Uruguayan businessman, producer, motivational speaker and television presenter, and former rugby player and racing driver. He is one of the sixteen survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 which crashed in the Andes on 13 October 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with Roberto Canessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a 10-day period to find help.[1]
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Born | Fernando Seler Parrado Dolgay (1949-12-09) 9 December 1949 (age 74) Montevideo, Uruguay |
Other names | Nando Parrado |
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Spouse | Veronique Van Wassenhove |
Children | 2 |
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Website | parrado |
He was portrayed by Ethan Hawke in the 1993 feature film Alive and by Argentine actor Agustín Pardella in the 2023 Spanish feature film Society of the Snow.