Nando Parrado
Survivor of the 1972 Andes flight disaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parrado and the second or maternal family name is Dolgay.
Fernando "Nando" Seler Parrado Dolgay (born 9 December 1949) is a Uruguayan businessman, producer, motivational speaker, author, 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 |
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Education | Jim Russell Racing Driver School |
Alma mater | Stella Maris College (Montevideo) |
Genre | Memoir |
Subject | The 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains |
Notable works | Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home (with Vince Rause) |
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