piątek, 23 września 2016

True And Verified 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.

In 1971, Robertson wanted to treat his family by taking them on a tour to several ports. Along the way, a school of whales messed their boat, leaving them to drift to sea for days before abandoning it. In total, they remained lost for 38 days living on food that was only meant for six days. Their rescuers were Japanese fishermen who brought them to shore.

Harrison Okene was hired to cook for people on board Jackson-4 when it capsized. He had gone to the toilet when the tragedy occurred off the Nigerian coast. Luckily for him, he survived in an air bubble for three days before rescuers looking for the surface of the boat discovered him. Since the incidence in 2013, he vowed never to be on board a boat again.

The Endurance Expedition gathered 28 men headed to the Antarctica in 1914. They got stuck in ice with their ship, christened Endurance. It took them 14 days to find the next island on life boats after which they trekked 1000 miles to the nearest inhabited village in Georgia. They had to turn to their dogs for food when their rations were depleted. All the 28 men survived.

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.

The Apollo 13 mission survived a re-entry into earth after the craft was damaged at the launching pad. They were destined to land at the moon but they circled it for three days pondering the next move. Their ration could only last two men for one and a half days. It enabled the three to live three days on modified diet. A lunar life boat saved their lives as they landed safely, but for Hayse who was severely dehydrated.

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, a native Inupiat was hired in 1921 as a cook by Vilhjamur Stephenson and Crawford Allan. The two led an expedition to claim Wrangle Islands. They left five people as territory markers but their food ration was depleted. The cook and an ailing crew were left behind as three others went in search of food, never to return. Blackjack was rescued two years later after her ailing companion had long died.




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