Nando Parrado’s story is one that many will recognize, but few have heard firsthand. HousingWire is honored to have him speak June 13 at HousingWire’s REO Expo about the will to live — and ...

“We were dead.” It was a phrase Nando Parrado referenced three or four times as he regaled a crowd of 1,900 Monday with his tale of surviving a plane crash in the Andes as part of the H.N. and ...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — In a blink of an eye, I was dead, out for days. That’s how Nando Parrado described the moment when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 — which was carrying him, his fellow ...

Santa Fe, NM (April 3, 2006) —For the first time, the hero of the Alive tragedy writes his own story. In its May issue, Outside magazine has the exclusive excerpt of survivor Nando Parrado’s ...

Nando Parrado, who survived with 15 others for 72 days after their plane crashed in the Andes in 1972, says the most important decision of his life occurred at 18,000 feet when he decided in 30 ...

Nando Parrado was one of 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes Mountains in October of 1972 while carrying members of the Uruguayan rugby team to Chile.

Nando Parrado’s story is familiar. You’ve heard it, seen the films (Alive!, and Stranded!), read the books (also Alive!, and Parrado’s own account, Miracle in the Andes), but it bears ...