People Who Somehow Survived Freak Accidents
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Published 2022-11-27
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Here are five of the most incredible survival stories I've come across during my career in medicine. Phineas Gage survived a tampering iron that passed through his head. Aron Ralston survived having removed his own arm to escape a bouldering that trapped him in a canyon. Julianne Koepcke survived after she fell out of an airplane and crashed into the Amazon jungle. Michael Cassidy survived an accident on his motorcycle thanks to groundbreaking balloon technology. Loenid Rogozov survived after he performed an appendectomy on himself. Let me know down below if there are more stories of survival I should take a look at!
00:00 Jungle Plane Crash
01:40 Phineas Gage
03:42 Removing His Own Arm
05:21 Surgery On Himself
07:15 Motorcycle Crash
08:40 Blood Donation
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All Comments (21)
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Just a note on the first case: Juliane's parents were biologists working in the jungle, she had been home schooled for most of her life, learning to live in the jungle. Her knowledge about the jungle was what saved her. EDIT: To all of you discussing religion, could you please tag the person you're directing your comment towards? I'm getting a lot of notifications for (sometimes quite nasty) comments on religion and it's not doing my mental health any favors.
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I could not imagine the pain Aron went through. Just thinking about having to cut my arm and snapping the bone in half with a rock just makes me feel uncomfortable. That man is a legend for taking that amount of pain and surviving to tell the tale.
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The fact that Julian fell from a airplane right onto a jungle without a parachute but surviving from being strapped to a seat is a one in a billion moment.
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Let's take a moment to give a heartfelt thanks to all the doctors and medical staffs in the whole world.
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Mike, have you ever heard of Anatoli Bugorski? He's a retired particle physicist, and in 1978, he was working in the Soviet Union's largest particle accelerator, when the safety mechanisms failed. He took a proton beam through his brain and decided to not tell anyone about it until after he finished his task. He ended up deaf in his left ear, lost movement in that side of his face, and suffered seizures, but lost very little of his mental capability, and continued his studies, earning his PhD.
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I actually met Juliane Koepcke once. Read her biography for a reading competition in school. Wrote her a letter, and met her a year later. Very inspiring woman
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Aron's story is one of pure determination, its unbelievable to imagine the pain cutting that nerve but knowing it's the only way you will get out. He walked a long way across soon after escaping and luckily a family noticed him and got him help
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“ This man died from a car wreck. AND SURVIVED!!”😂😂
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My friend survived a very freak accident. Car in front kicked up a metal pole, went through her windshield and through her abdomen. She thought a rock busted her windshield and pulled over, the guy who pulled over to help looked at her in shock cause she didn't even realise she was hurt. She survived and was very lucky.
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Aron’s story is a great example of why you always, always, ALWAYS tell people: 1. That you’re going hiking 2. Where you’re going hiking 3. When you can be expected to return home from hiking
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I remember learning about Gage when I was in high school. The human body is freaking amazing…
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Harriet Tubman survived being hit by a 2 pound weight after refusing to tie up a slave that had ran away but still survived
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Mike is just the best person to watch when you're upset or sad
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So glad to see you promoting blood donation. Blood is also essential for cancer patients, like my son. Chemotherapy kills the patient's healthy blood cells, which need to be replaced when they get too low.
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It’s good to see the real photos of the people behind these amazing stories! If it weren’t for the photos some people wouldn’t believe it. These injuries are so outlandish.
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"Plot Armor is when the reader/viewer knows a character won't die because they're needed for the resolution of the story. "
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Mike’s animations make the most terrifying things look hilarious 😂
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The case of Phineas Gage and the damage to his frontal lobe is super interesting for a second reason too. With BPD, there's often damage to the growth of the frontal lobe, which is a major reason emotions are so heightened. It's super intriguing that that damage to Gage's frontal lobe produced a somewhat similar effect.
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I survived a (historic) plane crash that killed 28 out of 32, being in the rear of the plane with two other people at the time to inspect and set up camera equipment.
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I have been a blood & plasma donor for over 10 years now. I love helping other people 💗
