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In 1971, teen survived 3,000m plane fall and 11 days alone in Amazon rainforest
- On that fateful Christmas Eve in 1971, Juliane Koepcke faced a harrowing ordeal as her plane plummeted into the unforgiving rainforest.
- Awakening injured and disoriented, she embarked on an arduous ten-day journey through the jungle, battling starvation and her injuries.
- Just when hope seemed lost, local men found her and delivered her back to safety.
- Heartbreakingly, her mother perished in the crash, yet Koepcke's resolve to remember her remains unbroken.
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