coming up. on the whole story is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. it s hard to listen looking, look fired. everybody maybe have died here. good evening. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight. we re bringing you the best of cnn, storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story one whole hour every sunday at eight pm tonight we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap. the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66 mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama, so migrants hoping to get to the u. s. have to get through the darien gap first. that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides along the way, they face exhaustion, disease, drowning and the very real risk of being robbed, assaulted or even killed. so far this year five times as many people have made this journey compared to the same period last yea
coming up on the whole story. this is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. [ speaking non-english ] good evening, welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight we are bringing you the best of cnn s storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story, one whole hour every sunday at 8:00 p.m. tonight, we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap, the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66-mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama. so migrants hoping to get to the u.s. have to get through the darien gap first. that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides. along the way they face exhaustion, disease, drowning and the very real risk of being robbed, assaulted, or even killed. so far this year, five times as many people have made this journey compared to the same period last year, and a record number of them
here, try to keep the kids going with treats. and then there are those whose jungle it is, the wildlife. one bite from this snake, and you may never leave. the walk is organized as that makes more money. in fact, the cartel gave us permission to be here as if to parade that. these discarded color-coded arm bands show which day and route people have paid for. the football shirts each numbered, charging to carry bags, even children uphill. but it doesn t always work out. wilson is separated from his parents. the porter raced off ahead .
the jungle. the sad fact is the more of them that do it, the more they slow each other down of bottlenecks like this, and the greater risk they put themselves at. time and time again, though, this ordeal summons something beautiful from people that mirrors nature here. a glue binding them to each other to help care sometimes for strangers of survival, survival together. it s the best of us, it doesn t care what passport you re carrying. but it cannot alter the pain.
coming up on the whole story. this is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. [ speaking non-english ] good evening, welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight we are bringing you the best of cnn s storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story, one whole hour every sunday at 8:00 p.m. tonight, we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap, the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66-mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama. so migrants hoping to get to the u.s. have to get through the darien gap first. that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides. along the way they face