Spared

What is often the backdrop for an extraordinary tale of survival and hope? Tragedy. On October 21, 1989, airline TAN SAHSA's Boeing 727-200, flying from San José to Miami with stops in Managua and Tegucigalpa, met a devastating fate as it crashed into Cerro de Hula. Out of 146 passengers on Flight 414, only 11 survived. Among them were Vivian Pellas and her husband Carlos Pellas. Vivian is a woman whose story defies the odds and embodies resilience. Her life was "forged through fire," as sh