This is the amazing story of survival involving a German-Peruvian woman named Juliane Koepcke. She was only 17-years-old back in 1971 when the plane she and her mother were on suddenly burst into flames after an unfortunate lightning strike.
The plane was hovering over the Amazon Rainforest when it crashed.Juliane however, was lucky to have survived the 2-mile fall. Born in Peru to German parents, Juliane’s father was a zoologist, and her mother Maria was an ornithologist.
The family spent their lives researching the Amazon – and that proved to be Juliane’s advantage. Read the full story here ▶
