Creative narrators have weaved the most amazing stories and even made movies on imaginary survival. But it is always easy to know whether a story of survival is genuine or not. The presence of witnesses to verify lends credibility to stories. Coverage by major media outlets and alignment to natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, etc confirms such stories. Consider these true yet unbelievable stories.
The Robertson family was lost in the sea for 38 days before Japanese fishermen came to their rescue in 1971. Their aim was to take a few days off touring different ports. Along the way, a school of whales wrecked their boat forcing them to survive 38 days on food meant for 6 days. It is Japanese fishermen who rescued them.
Jackson-4 was a boat that capsized off the coast of Nigeria in 2013. At the time of the incident, the cook, Harrison Okene was in the toilet. He was trapped in a four squire feet air bubble. He was rescued three days later by divers when he heard their knock on the surface. He understandably vowed never to return to the sea.
The Endurance Expedition gathered 28 men headed to the Antarctica in 1914. They got stuck in ice with their ship, christened Endurance. It took them 14 days to find the next island on life boats after which they trekked 1000 miles to the nearest inhabited village in Georgia. They had to turn to their dogs for food when their rations were depleted. All the 28 men survived.
On Christmas Eve of 1971, Koepcke Juliane was on LANSA flight 508 when it was struck by lightening and disintegrated mid air. She landed in a jungle in the Peruvian rain forest battered, bruised and with a broken collar bone. She was found nine days later by lumber workers. By then her first aid was only gasoline which she poured on her maggot infested wounds.
The Apollo 13 mission survived a re-entry into earth after the craft was damaged at the launching pad. They were destined to land at the moon but they circled it for three days pondering the next move. Their ration could only last two men for one and a half days. It enabled the three to live three days on modified diet. A lunar life boat saved their lives as they landed safely, but for Hayse who was severely dehydrated.
In 2003 Ralston hit the headlines for using a pocketknife to amputate his hands after a canyon climbing accident left him stuck. The decision was made after three days hanging from a cliff. He tried all methods of amputation but settled for the pocket knife two days later. He climbed down on one hand and was rescued by a European couple about to die from excessive bleeding, six hours after self amputation.
Ada Blackjack was a native Inupiat. She was to serve as a cook on an expedition to Wrangle Islands by Allan Crawford and Vilhjamur Stephenson. The two left five members of this expedition in the island to mark and claim it in 1921. When their supplies ran low, three left her with an ailing crew member. They never returned. The ailing man eventually died. Ada was rescued two years later.
The Robertson family was lost in the sea for 38 days before Japanese fishermen came to their rescue in 1971. Their aim was to take a few days off touring different ports. Along the way, a school of whales wrecked their boat forcing them to survive 38 days on food meant for 6 days. It is Japanese fishermen who rescued them.
Jackson-4 was a boat that capsized off the coast of Nigeria in 2013. At the time of the incident, the cook, Harrison Okene was in the toilet. He was trapped in a four squire feet air bubble. He was rescued three days later by divers when he heard their knock on the surface. He understandably vowed never to return to the sea.
The Endurance Expedition gathered 28 men headed to the Antarctica in 1914. They got stuck in ice with their ship, christened Endurance. It took them 14 days to find the next island on life boats after which they trekked 1000 miles to the nearest inhabited village in Georgia. They had to turn to their dogs for food when their rations were depleted. All the 28 men survived.
On Christmas Eve of 1971, Koepcke Juliane was on LANSA flight 508 when it was struck by lightening and disintegrated mid air. She landed in a jungle in the Peruvian rain forest battered, bruised and with a broken collar bone. She was found nine days later by lumber workers. By then her first aid was only gasoline which she poured on her maggot infested wounds.
The Apollo 13 mission survived a re-entry into earth after the craft was damaged at the launching pad. They were destined to land at the moon but they circled it for three days pondering the next move. Their ration could only last two men for one and a half days. It enabled the three to live three days on modified diet. A lunar life boat saved their lives as they landed safely, but for Hayse who was severely dehydrated.
In 2003 Ralston hit the headlines for using a pocketknife to amputate his hands after a canyon climbing accident left him stuck. The decision was made after three days hanging from a cliff. He tried all methods of amputation but settled for the pocket knife two days later. He climbed down on one hand and was rescued by a European couple about to die from excessive bleeding, six hours after self amputation.
Ada Blackjack was a native Inupiat. She was to serve as a cook on an expedition to Wrangle Islands by Allan Crawford and Vilhjamur Stephenson. The two left five members of this expedition in the island to mark and claim it in 1921. When their supplies ran low, three left her with an ailing crew member. They never returned. The ailing man eventually died. Ada was rescued two years later.
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