lundi 26 septembre 2016

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.

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.

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.

28 men set out on an Endurance expedition in 1914. Their ship got stuck in ice in the Antarctica. The ice was too much and their ship named Endurance got stuck. They used life boats to access the nearest island over 14 days. From there, the nearest inhabited island was in Georgian territory and 1000 miles away. Though all crew members survived, their dogs were not lucky after their rations run 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.

The Apollo 13 Mission of 1970 remains among the most dramatic. The craft was to land at the moon but was damaged during launch. The astronauts had to circle the moon for three days before making a delicate reentry back to earth. They survived on a ration that would have lasted two people only a day and a half. Hayse was the only severely dehydrate crew member.

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.

Crawford Allan and Stephenson Vilhjamur had hired a native Inupiat called Ada Blackjack as their cook in an expedition to claim Wrangle Islands. Three of the five crew members left as claim for the new territory went in search of food to replenish their ration. Ada was left with an ailing crew member who later passed on. Since the others never returned, she was rescued alone two years later in 1923.




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