Survival. The Inspirational Story Of The Thredbo Disaster's Sole Survivor

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: Reprint

Description: 224 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. On The Night Of July 30th 1997 A Landslide Shattered The Tranquility Of Thredbo Village, Sweeping Away Two Ski Lodges And Burying 19 People Beneath Tonnes Of Concrete And Mud.In The Days That Followed, The World Mourned As Rescuers Dragged Body After Body From The Rubble. But Out Of Tragedy Sprang An Amazing Story Of Survival. Stuart Diver, Whose Young Wife Sally Died Beside Him In The First Moments Of The Slide, Had Clung To Life Buried Beneath A Concrete Slab For 65 Freezing Hours.

Publishers Description: On the night of July 30th 1997 a landslide shattered the tranquility of Thredbo Village, sweeping away two ski lodges and burying 19 people beneath tonnes of concrete and mud. In the days that followed, the world mourned as rescuers dragged body after body from the rubble. But out of tragedy sprang an amazing story of survival. Stuart Diver, whose young wife Sally died beside him in the first moments of the slide, had clung to life buried beneath a concrete slab for 65 freezing hours. This is Stuart Divers story. The story of how one man found the mental and physical strength to live through tragedy and survive against impossible odds. Stuart relives the event that changed his world forever and talks honestly about what went through his mind during his long hours alone beneath the rubble, his painful recovery, and his inspirational attitude to life and the future. And he reveals how the lessons he learned at Thredbo can help each of us find the inner strength to become a survivor.

ISBN: 9780732909819