The author was 17 years old when she survived an airplane explosion. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. For 11 days, she crawled alone through the jungle, fighting for her survival. She then went on to live an inspiring life as a scientist continually drawn back to the terrain that threatened to take her.

Describes the 11-day ordeal faced by the 17-year old sole survivor of anairplane crash in the Peruvian jungle in 1971.