This article revisits the most gripping jungle rescue operations of 2014, analyzing the dangers, the strategies, and the psychological toll of disappearing under the green roof of the Earth.
On the seventh night, Finch did something counterintuitive: he set fire to a section of dry underbrush away from his shelter. The smoke plume rose above the canopy. A search plane spotted the anomaly at dawn. The rescue team rappelled from a helicopter, and Finch—covered in botfly larvae and severely dehydrated—was hoisted to safety. He later credited his survival to his decision to "stop walking, start thinking." rescue from jungle -2014-