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Uruguayan law student From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Numa Turcatti Pesquera (30 October 1947[1] – 11 December 1972)[2] was a Uruguayan law student, known for being one of the victims of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane crash. He is portrayed by Enzo Vogrincic in Society of the Snow (2023), where his character serves as the film's narrator.[3]
Numa Turcatti | |
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Born | Numa Turcatti Pesquera 30 October 1947 |
Died | 11 December 1972 25) | (aged
Cause of death | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 |
Education | University of the Republic |
He was born on 30 October 1947, in Montevideo. He had four siblings, his twin Leonardo, Daniel, Gastón and Isabel.[4] He attended the Colegio Seminario, a Jesuit school located in the Cordón neighborhood.[5]
After graduating from high school, he began to study law at the Law School of the University of the Republic.[6] He was a member and captain of the Loyola FC team created by alumni of Colegio Seminario and affiliated to the University Sports League in 1970, which was renamed the Numa Turcatti after his death.[7][8]
Numa Turcatti was 24 years old when he was invited to travel to Santiago, the capital of Chile. He decided to travel well over the date, encouraged by his friends Alfredo "Pancho" Delgado, Gastón Costemalle and Alfredo Cibils. They convinced Turcatti to join the flight due to the affordability of the ticket and for that reason, on 12 October he boarded the plane of flight 571. Aside from Costemalle, Turcatti did not know any of the other players of the Old Christians Rugby team nor with Stella Maris, the high school they represented before the accident of 13 October. He played football for the San Ignacio de Loyola team. [9][10]
Although Turcatti had no connection with the Old Christians rugby team and did not know most of the students and passengers, he actively participated in the expeditions and helped the injured.[11] Despite the lack of food, he was reluctant to consume human flesh from the bodies of the deceased.[2] Due to a leg infection, he had to remain immobile and stop being part of the expeditions.[citation needed]
Turcatti had been surviving in the mountains for 61 days. Due to a septic condition, he died in his sleep weighing just 25kg (55lbs).[12][13] He was the last fatal victim of the tragedy of flight 571 in the Andes. During his lectures, Gustavo Zerbino Stajano tells that Turcatti had written a passage from the Bible on a piece of paper in his hand when he died:
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).[14]
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