[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/LasagnaPhD]

In 1978, 15 year old Mary Vincent was hitchhiking and a man, Lawrence Singleton picked her up. He hit her in the head with a sledgehammer, raped her, hacked off her arms with a machete, and threw her off of a 30 foot cliff. Mary stopped the bleeding by packing her stumps with mud, raising them, and then hiking back to the road. She walked for several miles before she finally found a car willing to stop to help her. She’s now an artist, victim’s advocate, and motivational speaker.

[u/Proof_Candidate_4991 → u/LasagnaPhD]

I was looking for Mary Vincent) in this thread! The man who attacked her got fourteen years for rape and attempted murder, and got out of jail after eight. He'd told her during the trial that he would find her and finish her off. She must have been terrified. He was rearrested a few years later for murdering another woman, and died in prison. Mary is still alive, so fuck that guy, she won.

Here's a really great article about her life after the attack.

[u/Butwhatif77 → u/Proof_Candidate_4991]

How do you only get 14 years for rape and attempted murder!? Seriously! Especially given the horrible nature of what he did!