Miracle In The Andes Vs I Am Alive

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Recently in my grade 9 Language Arts class we read Miracle In The Andes and watched the documentary I Am Alive. While hearing your story I learned about the difficulty and struggle that you had to cope with everyday on the Andes mountains. I am writing this letter to you in hopes of learning more about how you were able to walk out of the Andes.

While reading Miracle In The Andes I was taken back and impressed by how much courage and strength you and your friends had in a crucial situation. I could not imagine how much for thought had to be put into your plan to venture outside of the mountains to find help. Throughout reading Miracle In The Andes I was impressed on how much perseverance you and everyone on the mountain had to survive and

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