Alone in the Jungle: The Remarkable Juliane Koepcke

When LANSA 508 went down, everyone on board was thought to be dead. But somehow Juliane Koepcke survived against the odds. Source: Coral_Brunner / Adobe Stock.

Surviving a plane crash is lucky. Being the sole survivor of a plane crash is a miracle. But imagine crashing into one of the largest, densest, and deadliest rainforests in the world, the Amazon rainforest.

How long do you think you could survive alone in the jungle without supplies, a flashlight, weapons, or a map? This is a crazy scenario, but this was precisely what happened to 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke in 1971, and she survived to tell her story.