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TIL 12-yr-old Francesca Lewis was the sole survivor of a plane crash against the side of a Panamanian volcano that killed the 3 other people on board: her friend, her friend's dad & the pilot. She spent 52 hours in the jungle alone, with no food & both her arm & neck fractured, before being rescued.

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