“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
When attempting to reach medical care in Entebbe following the crash, Hemingway and his wife boarded another plane. This plane crashed on takeoff! The accident left Hemingway with burns, a concussion, and his brain leaking cerebral fluid. Not a good scene. When they finally got to Entebbe (by truck), they found journalists had already reported their death. Hemingway read his own obituary in Entebbe!
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