Francisco Abal
Francisco Abal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francisco Domingo Abal Guerault 24 June 1951 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | 13 October 1972 (aged 21) |
| Other names | Panchito |
| Known for | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash victim |
Francisco Domingo Abal Guerault (24 June 1951 – 13 October 1972)[1] was a Uruguayan rugby player. He was part of the Old Christians Club and was considered one of the best rugby players in his country. In 1970 he was part of the Uruguayan rugby team.
Part of his life and the tragedy experienced during the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 is featured in the film Society of the Snow.[2] Abal is played by Argentine actor Jerónimo Bosia.[2]
Biography
[edit]In Miracle in the Andes, the book by his childhood friend Fernando Nando Parrado, Abal is described as a good-looking young man from a family with good social and economic status.[3] He had earned, by the time he was 15, like Parrado, a place in the Stella Maris First XV, the starting line-up of the Old Christians rugby team. He graduated from Stella Maris School.
The Abal family owned a cigarette factory where Francisco had started working.[4][5] He was also a shareholder of Abal Hnos.[6] Francisco is known for being one of the 45 passengers of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that crashed in October 1972 in the Argentine sector of the Andes Mountains.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
[edit]On the plane he was traveling next to Nando, in the right row of seats but in the aisle seat.[7] He later asked his friend to change seats. Also on the plane was his cousin, Javier Methol, 36, with his wife Liliana, 34. Javier was an executive and shareholder in the Abal cigarette factory and a survivor of the tragedy.[8][9]
After the crash, Panchito was badly injured and his legs were damaged, but in spite of the injury he was able to speak; it is known that he told part of the events of the accident.[10] When the provisional wall was built to cover the hole in the plane, he was laid there along with the other seriously injured: the siblings Susana and Nando Parrado. During that night, with a trickle of voice, he asked for help that nobody could give him and murmured that he was freezing. Later at dawn, when medicine students Roberto Canessa and Gustavo Zerbino examined the wounded the next morning, they realized that he had died as a result of his wounds and the extreme cold.[11][12] The corpse was covering Susana Parrado and presented a purple hue in the extremities. He was only 21 years old.[13] Susana died a few days later.[14] Currently, his remains rest together with the other victims five meters from the monument in their honor at the site of the accident.
References
[edit]- ^ Guiver 2022, p. 258.
- ^ a b "Lista de actores y personajes de "La sociedad de la nieve": quién es quién en la película de Netflix". Mag. (in Spanish). 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Luis Carrillo (2017-10-20). "'Todos tenemos una cordillera qué superar'". El Sol de Yakima (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Romero, Cristina (2024-01-22). "La verdadera historia de Liliana Navarro: la única mujer que sobrevivió al accidente de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Forbes España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "J.A. Bayona resuelve la gran duda de muchos tras ver 'La sociedad de la nieve'". HuffPost (in Spanish). 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "La sociedad de la nieve: Bayona explica por qué los supervivientes tenían tanto tabaco y no intentaron hacer fuego". ObjetivoTV (in Spanish). 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Tragedia en los Andes: cuando la naturaleza actúa como una aliada inesperada". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Carmen Ayesa Esquivel (16 de enero de 2024). La sociedad de la nieve: Bayona explica por qué los supervivientes tenían tanto tabaco y no intentaron hacer fuego Antena 3. Consultado el 25 de enero de 2024.
- ^ "Sobreviviente de la tragedia los Andes estuvo en Cúcuta hace once años". Noticias de Norte de Santander, Colombia y el mundo, La Opinión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Pardillos, David (2024-01-09). "Qué fue de los 16 supervivientes de 'La sociedad de la nieve': su vida tras el accidente en los Andes". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Asaad, Daniela Viviana Larrarte (2024-01-12). "Tragedia de los Andes del 'vuelo 571' ¿Cuántos días duraron perdidos?". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Cuántos uruguayos sobrevivieron en el accidente de los Andes que se retrata en 'La sociedad de la nieve'". El Universo (in Spanish). 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Cuatro de los pasajeros de La Sociedad de la Nieve tienen orígenes gallegos". El Español (in Spanish). 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Luis Carrillo (2017-10-20). "'Todos tenemos una cordillera qué superar'". El Sol de Yakima (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
Bibliography
[edit]- Guiver, John (2022). To Play the Game: A History of Flight 571. Heddon. ISBN 978-1-913166-69-4.
- Piers Paul Read, ¡Viven!: la tragedia de los Andes, editor 'Noguer', 1974, ISBN 8427908393 y 9788427908390.
- Carlitos Páez, Miguel Ángel Campodónico, Después del día 10 : La Cordillera de los Andes me enseñó a vivir, editor 'Linardi y Risso', 2003, ISBN 9974559375 y 9789974559370.
- Pablo Vierci, La Sociedad de la Nieve: Por primera vez Los 16 sobrevivientes cuentan la historia completa, Editorial Sudamericana, 2008, ISBN 950072975X y 9789500729758.
- Nando Parrado, Milagro en los Andes, editor 'Grupo Planeta Spain', 2013, ISBN 840812109X y 9788408121091 (texto parcial en línea).
- Pedro Algorta, Las montañas siguen allí: La tragedia de los Andes contada como nunca por un sobreviviente, editor 'Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina', 2014, ISBN 9500748509 y 9789500748506 (texto parcial en línea).
- Roberto Canessa, Pablo Vierci, Tenía que sobrevivir : Cómo un accidente aéreo en los Andes inspiró mi vocación para salvar vidas, editor 'Atria Books', 2016, ISBN 1476765480 y 9781476765488 (texto parcial en línea).