Cathy Leamy
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I’m a medical cartoonist and a content designer/UX writer who works in healthcare IT! www.metrokitty.com
I’m a medical cartoonist and a content designer/UX writer who works in healthcare IT! www.metrokitty.com
![The others who had clustered around Roy, upon hearing the news, began to sob and pray, all except [Nando] Parrado, who looked calmly up at the mountains which rose to the west. Gustavo [Coco] Nicolich came out of the aircraft and, seeing their faces, knew what they had heard… [Nicolich] climbed through the hole in the wall of suitcases and rugby shirts, crouched at the mouth of the dim tunnel, and looked at the mournful faces looking at him. "Hey boys," he shouted, "there's some good news we just heard on the radio! They've called off the search!" Inside the crowded aircraft, there was silence. As the hopelessness of their predicament enveloped them, they wept. "Why the hell is that good news?" Paez shouted angrily at Nicolich. "Because it means," [Nicolich] said, "that we're going to get out of here on our own." The courage of this one man prevented a flood of total despair from overcoming the group.[27]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqrcca7zy6mk6qrsud6icfwh/bafkreiaymyjs3hjluop2coh4vxlvo3jjegy7spcbji4uc7xfjdzbnaxzri)
