Most Amazing Story Of Survival

By Pamela Richardson


Creative narrators have weaved the most amazing stories and even made movies on imaginary survival. But it is always easy to know whether a story of survival is genuine or not. The presence of witnesses to verify lends credibility to stories. Coverage by major media outlets and alignment to natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, etc confirms such stories. Consider these true yet unbelievable stories.

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.

Jackson-4 was a boat that capsized off the coast of Nigeria in 2013. At the time of the incident, the cook, Harrison Okene was in the toilet. He was trapped in a four squire feet air bubble. He was rescued three days later by divers when he heard their knock on the surface. He understandably vowed never to return to the 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.

On Christmas Eve of 1971, Koepcke Juliane was on LANSA flight 508 when it was struck by lightening and disintegrated mid air. She landed in a jungle in the Peruvian rain forest battered, bruised and with a broken collar bone. She was found nine days later by lumber workers. By then her first aid was only gasoline which she poured on her maggot infested wounds.

Apollo 13 crew made a miraculous return to earth in 1970 after their shuttle was damaged during launch. Attempted re-entry was a gamble. They only had ration to last one and a half days for two people. It eventually took them three days to make the daring return. They used a lunar lifeboat that landed them safely back to earth. The only harm they encountered was severe dehydration especially for Hayse.

2003 was the year Ralston caught the eye of the world after amputating his hand in order to save his life. He was hanging off the cliff after climbing went wrong for three days. He decided to cut off his arm but all methods failed. He eventually used a pocketknife after trying other methods for two days. This led to excessive loss of blood but rescue came in the form of a European couple, six hours later. He was nearing death.

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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