The Ukrainian famine of 1932 and the North Korean famine of 1999 both led to widespread cannibalism. In each case, people were forced to slaughter their families to get food after the region was hit by severe poverty and hunger. One of the most remembered cannibalism stories in recent history was the 1972 crash of a Uruguayan airliner in the snow-capped Chilean Andes. An amateur rugby team traveling from Montevideo to Santiago met with disaster and got lost in the wilderness. Of the thirty-two passengers who survived the impact, only sixteen endured ten weeks of subzero weather and avalanches before being rescued. Their story was chilling. The survivors admitted to eating the flesh of the deceased, one by one, after each teammate agreed to provide their bodies as food after their deaths. The world was shocked. Their dramatic tales were recreated in the 1993 film, Alive. Deceased victims were seen as heroes because they sacrificed themselves for the lives of others. In times of catastrophe, cannibalism is often the only way to go