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 was lost in the sea for 38 days before Japanese fishermen came to their rescue in 1971. Their aim was to take a few days off touring different ports. Along the way, a school of whales wrecked their boat forcing them to survive 38 days on food meant for 6 days. It is Japanese fishermen who rescued them.
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.
In 2003 Ralston hit the headlines for using a pocketknife to amputate his hands after a canyon climbing accident left him stuck. The decision was made after three days hanging from a cliff. He tried all methods of amputation but settled for the pocket knife two days later. He climbed down on one hand and was rescued by a European couple about to die from excessive bleeding, six hours after self amputation.
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.
The Robertson family was lost in the sea for 38 days before Japanese fishermen came to their rescue in 1971. Their aim was to take a few days off touring different ports. Along the way, a school of whales wrecked their boat forcing them to survive 38 days on food meant for 6 days. It is Japanese fishermen who rescued them.
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.
In 2003 Ralston hit the headlines for using a pocketknife to amputate his hands after a canyon climbing accident left him stuck. The decision was made after three days hanging from a cliff. He tried all methods of amputation but settled for the pocket knife two days later. He climbed down on one hand and was rescued by a European couple about to die from excessive bleeding, six hours after self amputation.
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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