The Ukrainian famine of 1932 and the North Korean famine until 1999 both resulted in widespread cannibalism. In each case, people were forced to slaughter their families for food after poverty and famine struck the region. One of the most memorable cannibalism stories in recent history is the 1972 crash of a Uruguayan airliner in the snow-covered Chilean Andes. An amateur rugby team en route 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 freezing temperatures and avalanches before being rescued. Their story was frightening. 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 stories were recreated in the 1993 film, Alive. The deceased victims were considered heroes because they sacrificed themselves for the lives of others. In times of disaster, cannibalism is often the only way to