Few people have been more qualified to survive a plane crash alone in the Amazon for almost two weeks than Juliane Koepcke. Let’s hear her story.
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Josh and Chuck dive into the incredible survival story of Juliane Koepcke, a 17-year-old German woman who was the sole survivor of a devastating 1971 plane crash in the Amazon rainforest. After falling two miles from the sky when her flight was struck by lightning, Juliane faced an even greater challenge: surviving alone in the jungle for 11 days with serious injuries, no glasses, and almost no food. Her unique upbringing as the daughter of zoologists working in the Amazon becomes crucial to understanding how she managed to pull off one of the most remarkable survival stories ever recorded.
Movies Discussed
Rayearth Special Version -Wings of Hope-
"There's a great Werner Herzog documentary about it"
— Chuck
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