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The amazing survival story of a Uruguayan rugby team in 1972

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The amazing survival story of a Uruguayan rugby team in 1972

England take on Uruguay in their final Rugby World Cup match this evening. Nando Parrado was 21 when his rugby team from Uruguay was in a plane crash in the Andes in 1972. He was on the plane with 45 rugby players, family, friends and crew. They were making a routine flight from the Uruguayan coast to Chile. The plane crashed into a mountain. Parado survived. He has presented his story at London's Barbican last week. Chris Skudder, from Sky News, is the presenter. It is a story of how a team of rugby stars from Uruguaia survived a crash.

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