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Other People’s Lives

I Survived A Plane Crash That Killed 151 People

Other People’s Lives

Santagato Studios

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Greg speak with Michelle Dussan, one of four survivors of American Airlines Flight 965. We speak to her about her unimaginable experience and loss, and how she has been able to move forward with her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

With my seatbelt, I was buried from the waist down.

0:03.8

I was buried for 13 hours because of the flight crashed at night,

0:10.0

but they didn't find it till the next day.

0:21.0

Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Sanagato.

0:23.4

I'm Greg Dybeck.

0:24.6

For anyone out there that wants to be a part of the show,

0:26.6

don't hesitate to reach out to us.

0:28.1

You can go to opelshow.com or send us an email directly at opelpodcast.com.

0:33.1

Yeah, and head over to patreon.com slash opel show.

0:36.6

If you want to help support the show and you'll actually get weekly bonus episodes of

0:40.7

behind the scenes, so you can kind of see us prepare and you'll know what topic is coming up

0:45.1

for the upcoming week.

0:46.9

So head over to patreon.com slash opel show.

0:51.1

So today we're going to be speaking with a woman named Michelle,

0:54.7

who was on board American Airlines flight 965.

0:59.0

This was a flight that was scheduled to travel from Miami to Cali,

1:02.7

Columbia on December 20th in 1995.

1:06.7

That flight never made it to its destination.

1:08.9

It crashed into a mountain in Columbia and 151 out of the 155 passengers were killed.

1:16.4

And Michelle, who we're speaking with today, is one of the four survivors.

1:20.8

So Michelle, thank you so much for being on the show today and taking the time to share the story.

1:24.6

Hi guys, thank you so much for inviting me.

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