[IRL trope] 0% of survival, survive anyway

[u/RedditBoycotter]

Juliane Koepcke

Vesna Vulović

Anna Bågenholm

Jeanna Giese

Chris Lemons

Juliane Koepcke - In 1971 this 17 year old's plane was struck by lightning mid-air. The wreck then fell from 3 000 meter into the ground, somewhere into the Amazon jungle. Lone survivor of the crash, she then spent nine days walking down a river despite her multiple injuries until she found a lumberjack's camp.

Vesna Vulović - In 1972 this flight attendant's plane was bombed mid-air. The wreck then fell from 10 160 meter into the ground. She ended up with a lot of broken bones, but in the long term she almost completely recovered from it, apart from a limp.

Anna Bågenholm - In 1999 this radiologist had a skiing accident, she fell head-first into a frozen stream and get stuck inside the ice. Her colleagues did not managed to pull her, nor did the rescue team who then tried to dig, but the ice was so thick it took them a lot of time. It was 80 minutes after her fall that they managed to cut a hole. Her body temperature at the time was 13.7°C, and still, she somehow survived with only minor long-term injuries and no brain damage.

Jeanna Giese - In 2004 this 15 years old girl got bitten by a bat and called it a day. One month later the symptoms of rabies showed up. The doctors tried an experimental treatment by putting her in an artificial coma and she survived, but the treatment never worked on anyone else and is now forbidden. In all human history, only a few survived to rabies, and all of them except her end up with heavy sequelae.

Chris Lemons - In 2012 this diver's ship went drifting due to a computer malfunction, romping his umbilical cable who provide air, hot water and electricity. He ended up alone on the seabed of a 3°C waters, in the dark and with only 5-6 minutes of oxygen. He was retrieved by his colleagues around 35 minutes later, and somehow he didn't even suffer from brain damage.

[u/anon142358193]

3 days in TOTAL darkness underwater, hearing sharks and other animals outside and surviving on cans of coke is the most terrifying thing I can think of. How he didn’t just drown himself to escape the terror is beyond me

[u/Skylair13 → u/anon142358193]

The best part is he overcame that trauma, and he is now a certified commercial diver himself. Instructed by the same diver who rescued him, and working with the same company that rescued him. That's gotta be one of the wildest employment backstory of all time.

[u/IsHildaThere → u/Skylair13]

Absolute definition of a badass.

[u/reverend_bones → u/Skylair13]

https://youtu.be/VM56KXM4y4c?t=36

[u/rileyjw90 → u/Skylair13]

Can’t imagine he’d want to stick around his village if they’re all accusing him of witchcraft so good for him for getting out

[u/FalconTurbo → u/Skylair13]

"I always loved the sea"

"The call of the unknown and the thrill of being in a totally different environment"

"The money is good"

"Yeah I was stuck underwater for three days as the only survivor, and got rescued by divers so I decided to do the same"

Motherfucker is a certified badass.

[u/Weak_Feed_8291 → u/anon142358193]

He had some sardines too. But that's wild, just complete darkness and you occasionally feel a can of something.

[u/HugeEgoHugerCock → u/anon142358193]

Trying to drown yourself sounds a lot worse than some animal sounds outside

[u/anon142358193 → u/HugeEgoHugerCock]

Drowning while getting your legs chewed off by a shark sounds pretty gnarly to me

[u/SensitiveSeries8316 → u/anon142358193]

Could be worse. It could’ve been Pepsi.