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Show 12A Wednedav The Salt Lake Tribune Ftbruan ' 15, 19B4 Students Correspond With Survivor of Andes Plane Crash By Cathy Free Tribune Staff Writer WOODS CROSS Some students at Woods Cross High School hjd a "pen pal" m I rtiguay last year, who isn't your average John Doe The teen-ager- s corresponded with Roberto Canessa, one of 16 men who survived for more than two months in harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism after their plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. The survivors were members of a rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, and were on their way to a championship game in Chile, when their plane crashed in the cold, brutal Andes Mountains on Oct 12. 1972. At the beginning of their ordeal. 32 of the 45 passengers survived the crash. That number dwindled to 27, then 19. and in the end, only 16 survived The survivors made front-pag- e headlines in nearly every newspaper in the world when they were rescued in December 1972, after living for 10 weeks inside plane wreckage surviving by eating the flesh of their dead companions Last year, a class of sophomore English students read the book 'Alive." by Piers Paul Read, detailing the story of the Andes survivors. The teacher of the class. Max Egly, managed to locate the address of Mr. Canessa. one of two survivors who hiked out of the Andes Mountains and found help. Mr. Canessa is now a doctor at a hospital in Montevideo, and is training to become a heart specialist Wrote to All of Them About 22 students wrote letters to Mr. Canessa, asking him questions about the crash, and how he has changed since the ordeal. They didn't know if he would receive their letters, or if he would write back, but a few months ago, the students were pleasantly surprised Mr. Canessa wrote to all of them, answering their questions The students did not ask Mr. Canessa any questions that were answered m "Alive," nor did they query him about the flesh he ate to survive. Most of the questions centered on what life is like today for the Uruguayan hero. Mr. Egly said Alive" is the most effective book he has ever used in teaching. "The students identified with the boys in the book, he said. "At the time of the crash, the survivors were about the same age as my students. At first, I found the idea of eating human flesh repugnant. said Lori Lovendge, 16 "But later on, I understood. Its remarkable what Mr. Canessa and the other survivors went through. "I really admire all of the survivors courage they put their minds to living and didn't give up," said Mike Chabnes, 17. "I think its great that Roberto took the time to write back. Like to See Wasatch Mr. Canessa jokingly told one student that he would like to see the snow of the Wasatch Mountains, "preferably from windows more comfortable than the broken Fair-chilplane. d The Uruguayan doctor comes to the United States every other year to study cardiology, and said he hopes to visit the University of Utah's cardiology department soon. "I Lope that I will soon meet you and your students, he wrote Mr. Egly. Mr. Canessa told students that his experience in the Andes taught him to appreciate things taken for granted, like running water and a warm bed, and he now feels closer to his family. "These are the things you miss most when you lose them, he wrote. "In my country, we keep in close contact with our families all through life." The survivor confessed to one student that decisions weren't easy to make among the survivors when they were stranded on the mountain, but they had to have leadership to survive. Mr. Canessa was portrayed in "Alive, as a youth who disregarded others feelings to get what he wanted. However, some students told Mr. Canessa they thought he seemed Curse of the Groundhog Ptecipitation at the Salt Lake lute, national Airport for the 21 hour period ended 5 pm. Tuesday O.CW Total p. tor Febiuary 0 34, departure from not mal minus 0.24. Total precipitation since Oct. 1, 1083, 9.06, departure tram normal plus 3.40. Lowest temperature reported in Utah Tuesday wos 21 at Vernal. Highest temperature 57 at Zion National Pom. Normal high at the ah port 44, not mal low 24. Sunrise 7:22 MST. Sunset t 02 MST. Utah Colder, wdh increasing clouds ond widely stuttered snow or rum show- Yesterday's Temperatures ers developing Wednesday and Thursday. Lows in the 20s, ond highs in the nud-30- s to mid-40Utah Recreation Areas: Ski Aroos Northet n Mountains: Inct easing clouas Wednesday with widely scattered snow by into Ridgetop wings west to northwest Davhmehiqhsat the 20s. Southern Variable clouds and Thursday isolated snow showers Wednesday afternoon ond Thursday. Ridgetop winds Wednesday west to northwest at 20 to 30 mph. Highs at 8,000 feet in the upper 20s to low afternoon, continuing Thuisdov. Wednesday 20to30mph 8,000 feet in Mountains Wednesday showers from time to time, mainly in the north. Highs m with the upper 30s to mid-50s- , lows mcstly in the 20s to low 30s Salt Lake CityProvoOgden Air Pollution Index hazardous mn poor ma'gnai ,00 nr - 50 o- -3- Toti n44 22 56 Carton Monoiito Carton Mananto Slt like good Carton Matonoe Provo Ogden -- DOE Sets iN-Wa- Swrce IRa Dprtmm ft Representatives of DOE and its contractors will present information on exploratory shaft construction and a description of the studies to provide detailed information about the sites under consideration. Heart CURISST JOHN X HOLMEi Co-h- Gnlv II If OONOlHt UMAV CEDAR CITY Democratic National 1980 Conven- tion and represented the Carter Administration on two delegations to foreign nations. He serves on the board of directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and of Black Family magazine. Dr. Adams, associate vice president for academic affairs at the University of Utah, will visit SUSC as the guest of the college's Center. She will meet with SUSC education students at 10 a.m. Feb.24. informally at a noon Brown Bag Luncheon to discuss Minority Women's Issues. then again at 2 p.m. in a public address titled A Continuing Quest for Power: A Historical Study of the Black Power Movement. The afternoon lecture will be in Room 113 of the SUSC Industrial Education Building. Multi-Cul-tur- al ) TURN CPA 5KCAL INTLUO! Special Weekend Ratea. Tool Round Trip Bus Fare Deluxe Guest Room i Continental Breakfast Free Bonus Fun Pak , Free Live Entertainment Bate M I ji(i sIiovl h ri A Sal i in Tilt!" Silt ou)l the Red Lion Show Lounge IAMCS ST jkaaAaaAAXV X M I SUSC 4BIack History Events To Feature Noted Speakers it CINEMA I It will be colder over the state, with scattered snow or rain. Ilighs will be in the 30s to near 50, with lows in the 20s, 30s. ttJKNA UK MAI "SENSUAL I0HN HOLMES ax mm Administration XatW X DESIREE COUSTEAU I branch of the U.S. Office of Price "UK&ULATlCtfS" . FEMALE ATHLETES" ANNETTE HAVEN Salt Lake City FIRST RUN! - WILLIAMS 17 s lr VV y yy y'4 A . . red uon inn r,ar 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sot. 1 o.m. to 1 0 p.m.. Sun 1 o.m. to 7 p.m. 2 Shows Nightly STAGE SHOWS: Wed., Thurs., f ri. 7 p m. & 8 15 p.m. A 8 p.m., Sunday Sat., p.m. Admission: Adults S3. OO, Jr's. $1.00 (812) under free. SHOW HOURS: Wed., 1Thurs., FrL, 1 complicatHe was 64. During World War II, Mr. Marcus served in the There will also be an opportunity for the public to ask questions. Two of the nine sites being studied by DOE are in southeastern Utah just east of Canyonlands National Park. The Monticello meeting will be held in the Monticello High School, the Moab meeting at the Helen M. Knight Elementary School. Both run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. FIRST RUN! "FLASH PANTS"nad heart ions. Information Meetings ste The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled nuclear waste "infur-matio- n exchanges" for Feb. 29 in Monlicdlo and March 1 in Moab. TANYA LAWSON L. Howard Marcus, a Salt Lake City civic and philanthropic leader. died Monday in a local hospital of mid-50- verygoog used vive " window shield. he said. "We whatever we could to sur- Believes in Destiny The formtr rugby champion said he still plays rugby and soccer, and was surprised when he visited Stanford Lniversity m California last year and found women playing soccer. "I played the game with them," he wrote. "It was very strange, because in Uruguay, although soccer is the most popular sport, it is very rare to see women playing it." Mr. Canessa told one student that he believes in destiny, especially after surviving the harsh condi- tions in the Andes "I believe that no matter what you do. you wont die a second sooner or later than what God has planned for you." he wrote. "The experience in the Andes was frightening, but thinking you are skilled at survival shows you are confident Thats the first the will to do something step about the situation L. H. Marcus, Dies Special to The Tribune Civil rights activist Martin Luther King III and Utah educator Afesa Adams will speak this month at Southern Utah Slate College in conjunction with National Black History Month. Mr. King will present Thursday's 30s. Scattered Southern Idaho convocation lecture on the topic, ram or snow showers in the They Cant Kill the Dream. Dr. voile ys and snow in the mounAdams will speak three times Feb. tains spreading trom the west 24. The public is invited to all schedearly Wednesday ond conuled programs. There is no charge. tinuing ttvoudhthe day. Partty Cloudy early Wednesday The meetings will be a new expenight. Scofteied showers rience for most students, but very ogoin late Wednesday night and Thursday. Windy at important to find out bow blacks times, with overnight lows view themselves in this society and mostly in the 20s. Highs both in American society as a whole, days 30s to low 40s. said Stuart Riley, president of the Mostly sunny Wyoming west and partly cloudy east SUSC Black Student Wednesday with patchy valUnion. Mr. King's lecture is jointly ley fog. Lingering morning snow southeast with continsponsored by the Black Student Union and by the college convocaued strong winds. Partly cloudy west and dear east tion committee. Wednesday night. Partly Mr. King stresses involvement m cloudy statewide Thursday with scattered showeis for education, in busing to achieve intewest Lows 5 to 20 Wednesday gration, in using economics as a tool mqht. Highs 25 to 40 Wednesfor implementing civil rights and in to 30 45 and Thursday day, Black organizations but all on a Extended Outlook Utah Variable cloudiness nonviolent basis. with widely scutrered rain or Mr. King has the same philososnow showers trom time to time, mainly in the north, Friphy as his father, belief in education, day through Sundov. Highs in in working within the system and in the upper 30s to the best you can be, the Black being Lows mostly in the 20s to low Student Union prsident said. 30s. Southern Idaho Dry FriThe SUSC speaker is the second day, with some cloudiness and son of Coretta Scott King and oldest a Chance of rain or snow Martin Luther King Jr. He is a politshowers over the weekend mainly in the western section. ical science graduate of Morehouse College. He was a delegate to the Salt Lake City, Ogden ond Provo Variable clouds with widely scattered rain or snow crafts Former Civic Leader, Chill in the Aftermath Of St. Valentine's Day Colder, with clouds inci easing Wednesday and widely scattered snow or rom shower s deueloping mainly in the north Continuing Thursday, with lows mostly 20s, and to mid-40highs mid-30- s "unselfish in the book, because he risked his l.fe after surviving for two months, to hike out of the Andes and find help. Pressured Author "Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Canessa w rote back. "When the book was written, I tried to pressure Piers, the author, to get the story straight. A few portions of the book werent precise. But now. Piers and I are good friends. Mr. Canessa asked one student what "Home of the Wildcats means, and asked another what a sophomore is. "Does it mean internship? he queried One student asked Mr. Canessa whom he admires most among the survivors. "Well, during the crash, 1 admired Nando Parrado the most, he wrote. "Nowadays, 1 admire Pancho Delgado and Javier Methol because they care for the group and are always helpful." He said all of the survivors learned to be clever when their lives were in risk. I learned how to make sunglasses from the air out' For Reservations. Please Call ;7- - WESTERN LEISURE (801) 532-211- 3 SviP v tw Advance Reqistrahon Required Subject o Availability J and the San Francisco branch of the U.S. Office of War Information. Mr. Marcus After the war, he served as vice president of the R.T. Harris Advertising Agency and was president of the Tower Theatre. The Stanford University economics graduate served as a member of the Utah Symphony Board of Trustees. 1948 to 1951, and was president and general manager of First Capital Corp. of Utah. During the 1950s, Mr. Marcus was named to the Salt Lake County Planning Commission. He served as vice chairman of the commission fiom 1957 to 1961. During that time he was chairman of the zoning subcommittee, chairman of the Civic Belt Route Planning Committee and vice chairman of the Salt Lake County Gravel Study Committee. In the 1960s, he was named president and general manager of First Capital Corp. of Utah and chairman of the Salt Lake City Aviary He was later appointed to Com-misi-.o- the Tracy Aviary Advisory Board. A member of the Congregation Kol Ami and B nai Brith, he served as chairman of the Israel Bond Drive for Utah and was a trustee and treasurer for the Congregation Bnai Israel Mr. Marcus was also a trustee of the National Hemophilia Foundation, vice president and trustee of the Utah chapter of the foundation and a member of the foundations national executive committee. He was president of the Duckville Gun Club, the Utah Skeet Shooting Association and was a member of the Holladay Gun Club. He was born April 22, 1919. to Louis and Gertrude Levin Marcus. His father was once mayor of Salt Lake City. He married Wilma Ferderber in Los Angeles. April 10, 1947. Survivors include his wife, Salt Lake City; sons, Stephen L Tucson. Ariz., William H., Salt Lake City: and two grandchildren Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. Eastmans Evans & Early Mortuary, 574 E. 100 South Burial will be in the Bnai Israel Cemetery. The family suggests contributions Avito the L. Howard Marcus-Tracary, care of Dan Diston. P.O. Box 90. Tracy Collins Bank & Trust, 151 S Main. Salt Lake City, 84111. vresulAtss 237-200- 0 |
