24 People Who Should Have Died But Survived (25 Photos)

The people on this list have one thing in common: they all fell from great height. And they were all clearly born in a shirt! Logic says that each of them was bound to perish. But they survived and this can only be called a miracle.





1. Josh Hanson



In 2007, Josh took part in a hotel dart throwing convention. Minneapolis Hyatt. One night he became too addicted to alcohol and fell out of double glazed windows. He fell from a height of 50 meters, and escaped with just a broken leg, a collapsed lung, and severe bruising.

2. Steve Fossett





Steve Fossett fell from his hot air balloon height of 6700 meters. Not only did he survive this fall, he also survived falling into shark-infested water. Luck was clearly on the side that day. a professional balloonist, and he did not become a dinner for sharks.

3. Roger Woodward



As a child, Roger went on vacation with his family to Niagara waterfall. He had an accident on a boat, as a result of which he fell into the water and hit the waterfall. He was wearing only a life jacket. He is the youngest of all who passed the falls unprotected and survived. His 17 year old sister Dina was with him during the accident, but she was saved from falling by a passerby on riverbank. The boatman who was not wearing a life jacket, but who had swum across the falls with Roger, drowned.

4. Danny Yamashiro



On December 22, 1985, Danny and his girlfriend climbed Mount Nuuanu Pali, located in Hawaii. During the hike, Danny tried to help his girl in a difficult situation. He dropped his head down from a height of 90 meters. And as if the first time wasn't enough then he fell again, from a height of 30 meters.

5. Cliff Judkins



Pilot Cliff Judkins survived a fall from 4,600 meters while flying F-8 fighter. An accident during mid-air refueling forced him jump from an airplane. His parachute didn't open and he got fractures. back, ankles, pelvis and lung collapse. This list can also add kidney and intestinal failure as a consequence of injuries. But he survived.

6. Frane Selak



Music teacher from Croatia named Frane Selak was considered the luckiest person in the world. He miraculously escaped death seven times, and after won a million dollars in the lottery. /

Once he was flying on an airplane, and there an emergency hatch opened and Frane fell out, but landed in a haystack and received only a few bruises.

Here are some of the other accidents he experienced: he was on a train, who derailed and fell into an icy river; on the bus, which fell into the river; in a car that suddenly burst into flames, but he managed to get out before it exploded ... This man seemed to be attracted to disaster, but each time managed to stay alive.

7. James Bull



While skydiving, James survived a fall from a height of 1830 meters without a parachute. He suffered a spinal fracture and multiple rib fractures. It is estimated that when he hit the ground, his speed was 97 km per hour. Surprisingly, there were not much more injuries and much more serious.

8. Kevin Hines



Kevin survived by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco). There more suicides are committed than anywhere else in the world. Kevin wanted commit suicide, so he jumped from a height of 75 meters. Falling, he suddenly changed the position of the body and entered the water feet first. Must be on that the moment had not yet come for him to part with his life.

9. Chris Saggers



Chris was a window cleaner. He fell from the 22nd floor of the Salford high rise. Tower Blocks in the UK. And landed right on top of the car. He immediately he stood up and told passers-by that he was "all right." It turned out that from injuries in he only had a broken elbow,and that's it!

10. Alcides Moreno



Alsides, also a window cleaner, was working when due to a malfunction the platform sent him and his brother Edgar down 47 floors. Alcides survived, and his brother Edgar, alas, died.

11. Laris Butler



Laris made a normal parachute jump, but the parachute failed. By On the way down she prayed to God, asking him to save her. She fell to the ground with heights of more than 900 meters and escaped with only a concussion and a broken foot. She believes that God saved her.

12. Alan Magee



Alan was a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II. His plane was shot down and Alan fell from a height of 6700 meters, breaking through the glass the roof of Saint Nazarene railway station. Injuries? 28 shrapnel cuts and several fractures.

13. Hans Lange



Base jumper Hans Lange jumped from Mount Björkentind using his wing suit. The jump didn't go exactly as planned. He got too close to the mountain wall, accelerating to 160 km per hour, and hit the mountain several times, ricocheting down painfully. Eventually the athlete received only a broken leg.

14. Dave Hodgman



Dave was skydiving with a group of skydivers, but at an altitude of 760 meters he collided and entangled with another skydiver, who then revealed your parachute. They fell down together and both survived the fall.

15. Gareth Griffiths



Professional rugby player Gareth Griffiths survived a fall from the sky. He has Michael Costello to thank for that. Michael was an instructor Gareth. During the jump, their parachutes did not open. In a few seconds before they touched the ground, Michael arched, placing his body between Gareth and the earth. This decision saved Gareth's life.

16. Nicholas Alchemade



Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alchemade fell 5,500 meters from his aircraft. There was a fire on the plane that destroyed all the parachutes, so he was forced to jump without them. As a result, he fell into a pine forest and just sprained his leg.

17. Christine McKenzie



Kristin survived a fall from a height of more than 3 km on power lines. AT At that time, the veteran skydiver was making her 112th jump. Both her main and reserve parachutes did not open. She was in free fall height of 3350 meters. She hit a power line that slowed her down her fall and saved her life.

18. Joe Herman



Joe was a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. He was in his bomber when it exploded and was thrown into the sky. His fellow pilot John Vivash was just pulling out the parachute ring, and Joe managed to grab onto his leg. He survived the fall and received only a couple broken ribs. This is what is called a good response.

19. Juliana Koepke



Juliana's LANSA Flight 508 crashed in the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve. She fell from a height of 3 km, fell into the forest. The woman was the sole survivor of the plane crash.

20. Ivan Mikhailovich Chissov



Fleeing from German fighters, Lieutenant Ivan Chissov jumped from parachute from his damaged Ilyushin Il-4 bomber, located at an altitude of about 7000 meters. But did not have time to open the parachute, having lost consciousness. At a speed of 240 km per hour, he crashed into the edge snow covered ravine. Received damage to the spine and pelvis, but remained alive.

21. Russian base jumper



An unknown base jumper who survived a fall from a 120-meter tower in snow. The guy broke his spine, pelvis and legs. Experts believe that if not for the snow, he certainly would not have survived.

22. Michael Holmes



Michael was the youngest Briton to qualify as an instructor on skydiving. His career nearly ended when he fell height of 4600 meters. His parachute could not stand it, and he fell into the bushes on speed of 160 km per hour. He survived with only a punctured lung and a fracture. ankles.

23. Vesna Vulovich



Vesna, a 22-year-old Yugoslav Airlines flight attendant, was on board aircraft when it exploded due to a planted bomb. At the time of the incident she was in the tail section. She fell from a height of 10 km into a snowy mountain, but survived. She is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as a survivor of falling from the greatest height without a parachute.

24. Shayna Richardson



Shayna Richardson was making her first solo jump when she parachutes failed; she raced towards the ground at a speed of 240 km per hour with heights of about 3,000 meters. And crashed into the asphalt face forward. Survived not only Shaina, but also her child, the existence of which she at the moment I didn't suspect a jump.