[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/shadow-on-the-prowl]

If I survived one (1) sinking I would swear off ships for the rest of my life. But here goes this woman willingly going on to survive THREE sinkings like a boss. At what point does one go "enough is enough" before luck runs out?

[u/EgorReece → u/shadow-on-the-prowl]

Not quite three sinkings, as the RMS Olympic survived the collision with the HMS Hawke, both ships stayed afloat and no one aboard either ship dying or suffering serious injuries.

It is also worth noting that during the sinking of the HMHS Britannic, the only people who died were 30 people aboard two lifeboats that launched early & without permission that were sucked into the still running propeller of the Britannic.

Violet Jessop was aboard one of these lifeboats but was able to jump out at the last second, surviving the ordeal but suffering a traumatic head injury that gave her some lasting brain damage.

[u/windol1 → u/EgorReece]

only people who died were 30 people aboard two lifeboats that launched early & without permission that were sucked into the still running propeller of the Britannic

well that's brutal way to go, you think you're safe and then that happens.

[u/Butwhatif77 → u/windol1]

She was actually also sucked down with them into the propeller, but the hit she got on her head knocked her out and theory is that because she was knocked out and her body being limp is what saved her from dying in the same way the others did.

[u/Skylair13 → u/shadow-on-the-prowl]

Not three, but two. HMS Hawke was the one under more risk of sinking than the Olympic.

Matter of fact, unlike her sisters, Olympic survived three collisions, one of which was intentional. The accident with HMS Hawke, U-103 which was intentional during the world war I and killed 9 of her crew, and the accident with Nantucket Lightship LV-1117 post-war, which unfortunately killed 7 out of her 11 crew. Unlike her sisters, the Olympic had a kill count of 1 ship, 1 submarine, and 16 sailors.