Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Born Survivors - Daily Record (Scotland)
Skydiver and unborn baby fell 3000ft on to concrete and lived... but that isn't the only great escape
... In January this year, Eric [Nerhus] survived being savaged by a 15ft great white shark while searching for abalone off Cape Howe on the south coast of New South Wales.
His head, shoulders and one arm were inside the predator's mouth during the attack.
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Ricky Megee was described as a "walking skeleton" when he staggered out of the Australian Outback after being lost for 10 weeks.
The 35-year-old survived on leeches and frogs after his car broke down in the Bush in Darwin last April.
...
Bangau [Samule's] family actually held a funeral after a passenger list confirmed he was ona10-seater aircraft which crashed into the Indonesian jungle at Long Bawan in July, 2002.
Four days later Bangau, then 20, walked out of the jungle. Although his dad Yuni, who had been sitting next to him had died, Bangau escaped with only a few cuts.
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[George Sleigh] escaped the World Trade Centre - twice.
He was on the 91st floor on 9/11 when the planes smashed into the building and exploded. ...
He also survived the 1993 bomb attack on the building.
...
Newlywed Larissa fell 18,000ft for eight minutes after two planes collided in August 1981.
The crash killed 30 passengers, including Larissa's husband, Vladimir.
They were heading home from their honeymoon. The 44-year-old woman from Blagoveshensk, a town near the Chinese border, was the only one to survive. Her fall was broken by birch trees and it took rescuers three days to find her. ...
Skydiver and unborn baby fell 3000ft on to concrete and lived... but that isn't the only great escape
... In January this year, Eric [Nerhus] survived being savaged by a 15ft great white shark while searching for abalone off Cape Howe on the south coast of New South Wales.
His head, shoulders and one arm were inside the predator's mouth during the attack.
...
Ricky Megee was described as a "walking skeleton" when he staggered out of the Australian Outback after being lost for 10 weeks.
The 35-year-old survived on leeches and frogs after his car broke down in the Bush in Darwin last April.
...
Bangau [Samule's] family actually held a funeral after a passenger list confirmed he was ona10-seater aircraft which crashed into the Indonesian jungle at Long Bawan in July, 2002.
Four days later Bangau, then 20, walked out of the jungle. Although his dad Yuni, who had been sitting next to him had died, Bangau escaped with only a few cuts.
...
[George Sleigh] escaped the World Trade Centre - twice.
He was on the 91st floor on 9/11 when the planes smashed into the building and exploded. ...
He also survived the 1993 bomb attack on the building.
...
Newlywed Larissa fell 18,000ft for eight minutes after two planes collided in August 1981.
The crash killed 30 passengers, including Larissa's husband, Vladimir.
They were heading home from their honeymoon. The 44-year-old woman from Blagoveshensk, a town near the Chinese border, was the only one to survive. Her fall was broken by birch trees and it took rescuers three days to find her. ...
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