Most Amazing Story Of Survival

By Pamela Richardson


Some people have mastered the art of creating and telling fictional stories to the point of making them to appear real. A true story of survival can be identified by a few qualities. It is verifiable through witness accounts especially the point of re-entry into normalcy like returning from the jungle, being rescued from a building rumble, etc. Such stories are also covered by reputable media outlets. Their occurrence also coincides with natural phenomena like earthquake, flood, terror attack, etc. Here are the most amazing stories in history.

The Robertson family rescue from the sea. The family wanted a tour from one port to the other. However, they were attacked by whales that damaged their boat severely. They only had food to last them six days. The loss of their boat saw them remain stranded for 38 days. They were rescued by Japanese fishermen.

In 2013, Okene Harrison survived under water but in an air bubble for three days. He was on board Jackson-4 as a cook off the Nigerian coast when it capsized. Rescuers looking for its surface tapped where he was trapped prompting his rescue. It is understandable that he never wants to return to sea.

Endurance Expedition had 28 men on board. They set out to the Antarctica in 1914 but their ship, Endurance got stuck in ice. Using life boats they crossed to an island nearby, a journey that took 14 days. They then trekked to the nearest Georgian island 1000 miles away. They had to feed on their dog when supplies ran low.

Koepcke Juliane found herself traveling on LANSA flight 508 on the Christmas Eve of 1971. Their plane encountered lightening and came down the jungle of Peruvian rain forest. She was the lone survivor, bruised, buttered and with a broken collar bone. Lumber workers bumped on her nine days later, a time when desperation had forced her to use gasoline to clear maggot off her wounds.

The Apollo 13 Mission of 1970 remains among the most dramatic. The craft was to land at the moon but was damaged during launch. The astronauts had to circle the moon for three days before making a delicate reentry back to earth. They survived on a ration that would have lasted two people only a day and a half. Hayse was the only severely dehydrate crew member.

Ralston is known for amputating his own hand in order to survive in 2003. He got trapped when climbing the Blue John Canyon alone. Since no one knew where he was, there was no rescue three days on. He decided to amputate his hand. Two days later, none of the methods he thought had work. He went for part of his hand and descended on one arm. Six hours later, a European couple rescued him at the blink of death from blood loss.

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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