ALIVE character descriptions

Gustavo Zerbino

survivor; medical student; helped Fernandez cut meat

Enrique Platero

survivor; had a rod through his stomach; intestines were shaved off with glass by Canessa

Liliana Methol

dead; nurse; wife of Javier; last to eat meat

Javier Methol

survivor; married to Liliana; 4 children; lost his memory and use of right eye; was celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary with a trip to Chile.

Abal Pichato

dead; friend of Nando Parrado; handsome and wealthy; fond of cars; died from injuries in crash

Dante Hector Lagurara

dead; co-pilot; asked for gun to kill himself

Marcelo Perez

dead; captain of rugby team; died day 17 in the avalanche

Daniel Juan

president of Old Christians

Senora Mariana

dead; bought ticket to attend daughter's wedding in Chile; died trapped under the seats with two broken legs

Roberto "Muscles" Canessa

survivor; medical student; expeditionary (10 day journey) that helped the survivors to safety; bad temper; wanted to write book called "Maybe Tomorrow"

Susana Parrado

dead; Nando's sister; very pretty; died on 8th day

Nando Parrado

survivor; friend of Abal; tall and thin; expeditionary(10 day journey); helped bring survivors to safety; not smooth with the ladies

Julio Cesar Ferradus

dead; pilot; 20 years in air force; 5117 hours of flying; 29 times over Andes

Sergeant Carolos Roque

dead; flight crew member; told Perez about the batteries for the radio

Adolfo "Fito" Strauch

survivor; water making device; played for rival rugby team; cousin of Eduardo Strauch; blond and goodlooking; shy and indecisive about life

Roy Harley

survivor; big guy who helped with wall; cry baby; mechanical engineer student; mentally unstable

In charge of cabin

Roy Harley, Carlitos Paez, Diego Storm, and Gustavo Nicholvich (coco)

Carlitos Vilaro

survivor

Alfredo "Pancho" Delgado (scapegoat)

survivor; eloquent speaker; spoke of cannibalism; suspected of stealing meat and toothpaste

Bobby Francois

survivor; refused to help

Piers Paul Read

Author

Antonio Vinzintin

one of three expeditionaries; came back after leaving

Paez Vilaro

Carlito's father; parent who continued to search for survivors

Coche Inciarte

the only friend of Pancho Delgado; reveals cannibalism in hospital

Numa Turcatti

dead; gangrene welts in his legs

Rafael

dead; worked on dairy farm

Daniel Juan

president of Old Christians; did not board plane

Gilberto Regules

not at the airport on time

Eugenia Parrado

dead; Nando's mom; crushed in crash

avalanche

17th day of crash; October 29th

Carlos Valeta

dead; stumbled on the snow hill far from plane and went down hill