NANDO PARRADO: MY STORY
One of our favorite characters of the book, took his time to talk to us and tell us a little bit of his experience and his life after the accident. He goes by the name of Nando Parrado.
A REAL HEROE.
how was to come back home
after everything?
There's a very drastic difference between me and the other survivors. I cracked my head open in four places, I was in a coma for three days. I lost my mother, my sister, and my two best friends. When the others were rescued, they went to the hospital and everything was finished. Their families were there; their girlfriends were there.
so it was harder for you
to come back home than
what it was for the other
survivors?
When I got back, everything started. I had lost half my family. I didn't have anything. My real Andes started afterwards.