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What if you were lost at sea for 25 days in an icebox?
ow do you survive 25 days at sea with nothing but the giant icebox you are floating in? By drinking rainwater and eating fish vomited up by seabirds, apparently.
That is the amazing tale of two Burmese fishermen who were found floating in shark-infested waters off the far North Coast of Australia in a large cooler [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2009 under Survival.
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What if your odds were 1 million to one to survive?
In Australia, Durga Thangarajah, survived 9 months in her mother’s ectopic pregnancy. Doctors said Durga Thangarajah is a 1 million to one occurrence.
Durga Thangarajah, born to Ravi Thangarajah, and Meera Thangarajah, appeared healthy. Durga Thangarajah weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces (2.8 kilogramsDurga Thangarajah was delivered by Caesarian operation. Obstetrician Andrew Miller said that Durga Thangarajah [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Survival.
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What if you should be dead?
Merchant Seaman Gerald Gormley was practically dead on arrival at Detroit’s Receiving Hospital. While fighting off street-corner hoods, he had been stabbed in the back, and the knife blade had slit right through his descending aorta, the main artery that carries blood to the trunk and legs. He was losing blood so fast that his [...]
Posted: May 21st, 2008 under Survival.
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What if you were mauled by a grizzly?
A Vancouver Island man who survived an attack by a grizzly bear said he was working in the bush when a sixth sense told him he wasn’t alone.
“I have a really keen sense. I had a feeling somebody or something was watching me,” said Brent Case, 53, whose encounter with a grizzly occurred last week [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2008 under Survival.
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What if you were shot between the eyes?
Emergency room doctors apologized to the 42-year-old woman who had come in for treatment for staring at her in disbelief. It wasn’t every day — in fact, it was never — that they saw somebody with a large-caliber gunshot wound between the eyes who not only was alive, but wasn’t even unconscious or seriously injured.
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Posted: May 20th, 2008 under Survival.
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