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When I Fell from the Sky

The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival

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When I Fell from the Sky

By: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
Narrated by: Judith Georgi
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor. For 11 days she crawled and walked alone through the jungle, fighting for her survival again with hunger and despair her only companions as maggots ate their way into her wounds. Juliane ultimately survives and goes on to live an inspiring life as a scientist continually drawn back to the terrain that threatened to take her. On the 40th anniversary, she shares not only the private moments of her survival and rescue but her life in the wake of the dramatic true story.

©2011 Juliane Koepcke; Ross Benjamin (P)2024 Audible, Inc. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Engineering Women Survival Winter Aviation Christmas

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Loved the narration (beautiful, clear diction and enunciation). I’d heard briefly about this story (most likely when the book was released) and so knew only the bare bones of the story. Fascinating insight into the event itself, the history of her parents and the consequences of how that event affected Juliane and her family, particularly her father. Brilliant

Beautifully narrated, fascinating story

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This is a fascinating story that I’d read about years ago and probably one of the false versions at that.
I’m so glad that the author decided to tell her story although there were some discrepancies between the book and the documentary, I could let that slide. The narration however was so overly enunciated to be irritating and distracting, particularly towards the end of the book, as I found myself focussing on it too much and switching off from the story.
Good listen if you’re not bothered by that.

Great book, annoying narration

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Not only do you get to hear the experiences Juliannes had from the plane crash, and her survival, but you also get to hear her constant ever evolving self reflection and thoughts. And, as well as this traumatic and life changing experience, she also shares the fascinating and important work her mother and father, and other people took on. Her work continues too.

This is one audio book i couldn't stop listening to. what an amazing woman.

It also helps that the narrator had such a clear and inviting voice. You would believe it was her story rather than Juliannes, as she read with such passion and depth.

Highly recommend this audio book.

Truly breathtaking

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