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Lucky People Who Have Turned Their Lives Upside Down Or Survived The Impossible
Tutumu Yamaguchi. Among some 260,000 people who survived the atomic bomb attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II became to be known as the only man who survived the horror of both and lived to tell the tale. At the time, he was working for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the day of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack happened was supposed to be the last day of his three-monthlong business trip. Reportedly, he'd been less than 3 km from ground zero when the attack happened on the 6th of August, 1945. "I didn't know what had happened," he later told the British newspaper, The Times. "I think I fainted for a while.
When I opened my eyes, everything was dark and I couldn't see much. It was like the start of a film at the cinema before the picture had begun and the blank frames are just flashing up without any sound. He suffered serious injuries. He then returned to his hometown Nagasaki in order to receive treatment for his wounds. Unfortunately, he arrived just in time to become witness to the second US atomic bomb to strike Japan. Despite the radiation related ailments he suffered throughout his life, he lived to the age of 93.
Paul Templar. Paul Templar was working as a tour guide on Zimbabwe's Zambzi River in the 1990s when a hippo emerged from the water and plucked him out of his canoe. He managed to miraculously escape its powerful jaws, but not without any consequences.
He lost an arm and ended up with severe injuries in the process. "It happened so very quickly, the first thing I knew, I was in a deep, dank place with this incredible pressure crushing down on my lower back," he told the BBC. Although working as a safari guide for years, nothing could have prepared him for this. Allegedly, he was trying to save a friend who was knocked out of the canoe by this giant, bloodthirsty hippo when the animal grabbed him and pulled him underwater first waist up in the hippo's mouth. When he finally somehow managed to wiggle his way out of its jaws, the hippo struck again, trying to drag him beneath the water. The battle lasted for some time and was not to be over yet.
Just when the guides were trying to get back to land, the hippo returned and swallowed Templar's feet first. He described the second face off as a dog tossing around a rag doll. The hippo retreated after a while, but the attack claimed the life of a guide, and Templar's body was severely injured with over 38 bites. When Templar was taken to a nearby hospital, surgeons feared he would lose both legs and arms.
Fortunately, they were able to save his right arm and his injured legs. After making a full recovery, Templar became a motivational speaker. Number eight, Frra Cel. The luckiest or unluckiest man depending on your perspective. Frra Celic, a Croatian who said to have survived a train crash, a plane crash, and a car crash. Imagine the scenes from your favorite action movies. Well, this man's seen it all. Until a fateful train trip in 1962, this man had led a relatively unremarkable life as a music teacher. unsuspecting of a series of impossible events were about to unravel.
Nevertheless, he survived them all. Even though during the process, he might have lost some friends who started believing he brings bad luck. Fortunately, after several years, in the mid200s, Celich's luck evened out and Celich became a lottery winner. His jackpot was worth over £600,000. With this, he bought a luxurious home only to have change of heart and sell it in 2010. He returned to a humble life with his fifth wife. Whatever happened along the way, Frra's story is a happy ending. He spent the last of his winnings on his hip operation and on a shrine to the Virgin Mary and thanks to his good fortune.
00:00 Intro
00:09 Luckiest people who survived the impossible
10:30 Luckiest people who found gold
19:57 Homeless people who won the lottery
#downtherabbithole #luckiestpeople #incrediblestories
Lucky People Who Have Turned Their Lives Upside Down Or Survived The Impossible
Tutumu Yamaguchi. Among some 260,000 people who survived the atomic bomb attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II became to be known as the only man who survived the horror of both and lived to tell the tale. At the time, he was working for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the day of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack happened was supposed to be the last day of his three-monthlong business trip. Reportedly, he'd been less than 3 km from ground zero when the attack happened on the 6th of August, 1945. "I didn't know what had happened," he later told the British newspaper, The Times. "I think I fainted for a while.
When I opened my eyes, everything was dark and I couldn't see much. It was like the start of a film at the cinema before the picture had begun and the blank frames are just flashing up without any sound. He suffered serious injuries. He then returned to his hometown Nagasaki in order to receive treatment for his wounds. Unfortunately, he arrived just in time to become witness to the second US atomic bomb to strike Japan. Despite the radiation related ailments he suffered throughout his life, he lived to the age of 93.
Paul Templar. Paul Templar was working as a tour guide on Zimbabwe's Zambzi River in the 1990s when a hippo emerged from the water and plucked him out of his canoe. He managed to miraculously escape its powerful jaws, but not without any consequences.
He lost an arm and ended up with severe injuries in the process. "It happened so very quickly, the first thing I knew, I was in a deep, dank place with this incredible pressure crushing down on my lower back," he told the BBC. Although working as a safari guide for years, nothing could have prepared him for this. Allegedly, he was trying to save a friend who was knocked out of the canoe by this giant, bloodthirsty hippo when the animal grabbed him and pulled him underwater first waist up in the hippo's mouth. When he finally somehow managed to wiggle his way out of its jaws, the hippo struck again, trying to drag him beneath the water. The battle lasted for some time and was not to be over yet.
Just when the guides were trying to get back to land, the hippo returned and swallowed Templar's feet first. He described the second face off as a dog tossing around a rag doll. The hippo retreated after a while, but the attack claimed the life of a guide, and Templar's body was severely injured with over 38 bites. When Templar was taken to a nearby hospital, surgeons feared he would lose both legs and arms.
Fortunately, they were able to save his right arm and his injured legs. After making a full recovery, Templar became a motivational speaker. Number eight, Frra Cel. The luckiest or unluckiest man depending on your perspective. Frra Celic, a Croatian who said to have survived a train crash, a plane crash, and a car crash. Imagine the scenes from your favorite action movies. Well, this man's seen it all. Until a fateful train trip in 1962, this man had led a relatively unremarkable life as a music teacher. unsuspecting of a series of impossible events were about to unravel.
Nevertheless, he survived them all. Even though during the process, he might have lost some friends who started believing he brings bad luck. Fortunately, after several years, in the mid200s, Celich's luck evened out and Celich became a lottery winner. His jackpot was worth over £600,000. With this, he bought a luxurious home only to have change of heart and sell it in 2010. He returned to a humble life with his fifth wife. Whatever happened along the way, Frra's story is a happy ending. He spent the last of his winnings on his hip operation and on a shrine to the Virgin Mary and thanks to his good fortune.
00:00 Intro
00:09 Luckiest people who survived the impossible
10:30 Luckiest people who found gold
19:57 Homeless people who won the lottery
#downtherabbithole #luckiestpeople #incrediblestories
