Reading this story brings to mind Poe’s novel and its scenes whose horror seems somewhat excessively absurd and impossible. Appearances can be deceiving: extreme horror is possible and real. Everything about this accident in the Andes is extraordinary, from the plane crash to the rescue of the survivors more than two months later. The impression is that what could not happen keeps happening. Expectations are methodically crushed, for better or for worse, and the resulting feeling is one of absolute powerlessness. However, the survivors take action from the start and continue to do so even when overwhelmed by the brutality of the colossal mountains. When they no longer expect anything, when they have endured an unbelievable amount of suffering and misery, when they see themselves as corpses temporarily alive, they decide on one last attempt. And then, the impossible happens once again. It is all too impressive, and strong enough to permanently change one’s notion of what it means to live.