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For a long time, people have been fascinated with heroes who've somehow survived great danger and brutal hardship. But when it comes to more modern survivors of extreme adversity, there's no need to fictionalize. Stoic real-life heroes have endured mind-boggling traumas and hardships. They are the luckiest people in the world. This 2020 we are featuring the top 20 real people who survived the impossible.
1. Aron Ralston
Climber Aron Ralston found himself trapped alone in Utah canyon and had to perform and unbelievable DIY surgery to save his life. For six days, this unusual person kept himself alive with fierce self-control and a conviction that only logical thought could let him survive. He got trapped with an 800 pound boulder crushing his arm up against the stone wall. Five days progressed and the rations and water were depleted. Using the boulder for leverage, he was able to snap the bone in his wrist and then with a very dull survival knife managed to slice through muscle tendon. He caught this rare footage on camera and this went viral.
2. Lyndi Harding
This lucky person was eager to try skydiving during her trip to California with friends. But after leaping out of the plane at a heart stopping height of 8,500 feet, Lyndi’s parachute had become tangled in the reserve. Lyndi continued to fall for 40 seconds and at 70 miles per hour until she finally struck the ground. Miraculously, she only sustained two fracture ribs, a punctured lung, and a cracked nose and chipped tooth.
3. Paul Rosalie
The Discovery channel was airing a special “how to survive” about anacondas featuring filmmaker, Paul Rosalie wearing a “snake suit” and voluntarily being swallowed by an anaconda. He slathered himself in pig’s blood, drew the attention of the massive snake and was immediately coiled in its grip. Rosalie had panicked after he felt his arm breaking and requested for the crew to detach himself from the huge anaconda. Only part of his head went through the snake’s mouth but had his stun gone further, Paul may not have survived.
4. Ken Henderson
You have watched these two best friends on creepy pasta, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen, embarked on fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico when without any known cause the 30 foot long boat was sinking very fast. There was no time to call for help over radio nor could they prevent the boat’s systems from failing. Before they knew it, the boat had sunk and they were both stranded for 30 hours in the ice cold gulf. After 50 miles of swimming, Henderson made it and could call his wife.
5. Truman Duncan
This railroad switchman had tumbled off the front of a moving train car and was dragged underneath the train. His body was basically sliced clean in half. He was separated from both legs and a kidney. However, he managed to call 911 on his cellphone and hold out for the 45 minute wait and survived the 23 surgeries that followed after the accident. Indeed one to be amazed survival story!
6. Paul Templer
Templer put himself in danger through hippo attack. After Templer’s partner guide was thrown into the river, he jumped in to try to save him but ended up head first inside the hippo’s giant mouth. Its giant bone crushing teeth speared through his armpits, ruptured through his back, ripped his foot, severed his arm, broke ribs and tore holes all through his torso. After a 7 hour of operation, Templer survived the brutal hippo attack. Obviously a scary true story.
7. Frane Selak
Luck has always been on his side or vice versa for Croatian music teacher Frane Selak who is well known around the world for as many accidents as spectacular escapes. You may know this through bright side or watch mojo. The first of his numerous near-end experiences began on a cold January day in 1962, when Selak was on a train to Dubrovnik: it suddenly derailed into an icy river, terminating 17 passengers. He managed to escape with a broken arm, minor scratches and bruises.
8. Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first to scale the west peak of the Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. Disaster struck on the way down, and Yates was forced to let a badly wounded Simpson drop 100 feet into an ice crevasse. The amazing fact was Simpson survived the fall and spent three days crawling back to base camp. He was indeed one lucky person who survived where his friend did not.
Who is the toughest survivor? Whose fact did you find the most interesting! Let us know in the comment section.
#UltimateFact #Facts #Survive
For a long time, people have been fascinated with heroes who've somehow survived great danger and brutal hardship. But when it comes to more modern survivors of extreme adversity, there's no need to fictionalize. Stoic real-life heroes have endured mind-boggling traumas and hardships. They are the luckiest people in the world. This 2020 we are featuring the top 20 real people who survived the impossible.
1. Aron Ralston
Climber Aron Ralston found himself trapped alone in Utah canyon and had to perform and unbelievable DIY surgery to save his life. For six days, this unusual person kept himself alive with fierce self-control and a conviction that only logical thought could let him survive. He got trapped with an 800 pound boulder crushing his arm up against the stone wall. Five days progressed and the rations and water were depleted. Using the boulder for leverage, he was able to snap the bone in his wrist and then with a very dull survival knife managed to slice through muscle tendon. He caught this rare footage on camera and this went viral.
2. Lyndi Harding
This lucky person was eager to try skydiving during her trip to California with friends. But after leaping out of the plane at a heart stopping height of 8,500 feet, Lyndi’s parachute had become tangled in the reserve. Lyndi continued to fall for 40 seconds and at 70 miles per hour until she finally struck the ground. Miraculously, she only sustained two fracture ribs, a punctured lung, and a cracked nose and chipped tooth.
3. Paul Rosalie
The Discovery channel was airing a special “how to survive” about anacondas featuring filmmaker, Paul Rosalie wearing a “snake suit” and voluntarily being swallowed by an anaconda. He slathered himself in pig’s blood, drew the attention of the massive snake and was immediately coiled in its grip. Rosalie had panicked after he felt his arm breaking and requested for the crew to detach himself from the huge anaconda. Only part of his head went through the snake’s mouth but had his stun gone further, Paul may not have survived.
4. Ken Henderson
You have watched these two best friends on creepy pasta, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen, embarked on fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico when without any known cause the 30 foot long boat was sinking very fast. There was no time to call for help over radio nor could they prevent the boat’s systems from failing. Before they knew it, the boat had sunk and they were both stranded for 30 hours in the ice cold gulf. After 50 miles of swimming, Henderson made it and could call his wife.
5. Truman Duncan
This railroad switchman had tumbled off the front of a moving train car and was dragged underneath the train. His body was basically sliced clean in half. He was separated from both legs and a kidney. However, he managed to call 911 on his cellphone and hold out for the 45 minute wait and survived the 23 surgeries that followed after the accident. Indeed one to be amazed survival story!
6. Paul Templer
Templer put himself in danger through hippo attack. After Templer’s partner guide was thrown into the river, he jumped in to try to save him but ended up head first inside the hippo’s giant mouth. Its giant bone crushing teeth speared through his armpits, ruptured through his back, ripped his foot, severed his arm, broke ribs and tore holes all through his torso. After a 7 hour of operation, Templer survived the brutal hippo attack. Obviously a scary true story.
7. Frane Selak
Luck has always been on his side or vice versa for Croatian music teacher Frane Selak who is well known around the world for as many accidents as spectacular escapes. You may know this through bright side or watch mojo. The first of his numerous near-end experiences began on a cold January day in 1962, when Selak was on a train to Dubrovnik: it suddenly derailed into an icy river, terminating 17 passengers. He managed to escape with a broken arm, minor scratches and bruises.
8. Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first to scale the west peak of the Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. Disaster struck on the way down, and Yates was forced to let a badly wounded Simpson drop 100 feet into an ice crevasse. The amazing fact was Simpson survived the fall and spent three days crawling back to base camp. He was indeed one lucky person who survived where his friend did not.
Who is the toughest survivor? Whose fact did you find the most interesting! Let us know in the comment section.
#UltimateFact #Facts #Survive
